Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement: Israelite rites of violence and the making of a biblical text
Destructive rituals and the creative process: the dynamics of defilement in 2 kings 23 -- Priestly rites of elimination and the holiness : core of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Herem ideology and the politics of destruction: Josiah's reform in Deuteronomistic perspective -- The mechanics of transformation...
Summary: | Destructive rituals and the creative process: the dynamics of defilement in 2 kings 23 -- Priestly rites of elimination and the holiness : core of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Herem ideology and the politics of destruction: Josiah's reform in Deuteronomistic perspective -- The mechanics of transformation: the holiness substratum and Deuteronomistic revision of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Literary, historiographic, and historical implications |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-198) and index |
ISBN: | 0199774161 |