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1 online resource (255 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ; 564
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 564.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; The "Chosen Place" in the Book of Deuteronomy; The Place of the "Chosen Place" in Scholarship on Deuteronomy; Approaching the "Chosen Place"; The "Chosen Place" in Deuteronomy, the Pentateucha nd in the Former Prophets: Outline of the Content of the Chapters; Chapter 2. CHOSEN PLACE AND CHOSEN CITY; The "Centralization Formula": Some Remarks on Scholarship; The Chosen Place in Deuteronomy; The Chosen City, Jerusalem; Conclusions; Chapter 3. "CENTRALIZATION" IN DEUTERONOMY 12. |
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Centralization and Chosen Place in Scholarship on Deuteronomy 12A Reading of Deuteronomy 12; Centralization Affirmed; Chapter 4. "JERUSALEM" IN THE FORMER PROPHETS; Jerusalem in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel; Jerusalem in 2 Samuel; Jerusalem in the Book of Kings; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 5. THE CULTIC CONTEXT OF THE "CHOSEN PLACE"; The Pentateuch; Cult and Ritual in the Former Prophets; Conclusions; Chapter 6. "CENTRALIZATION" AND THE STORY OF JOSIAH'S REFORM: IS DEUTERONOMY 12 CENTRAL TO JOSIAH?; Scholarship on Josiah's Reform: Some Remarks; 2 Kings 22: The Book-Finding Story. |
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The Covenant Renewal Ceremony in 2 Kings 23:1-3Josiah's Reform in 2 Kings 23:4-20; Josiah's Passover; Summary and Discussion; Conclusions; Chapter 7. DIVINE ELECTION AS A PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY; Election in the Pentateuch; The Election of Israel in Deuteronomy; Election of "Place" in Deuteronomy; Divine Election in Other Parts of the Bible; Conclusion; Chapter 8. KINGS REVISITED: KINGSHIP IN DEUTERONOMY AND THE FORMER PROPHETS; Descriptions of Kings and Kingship in the Former Prophets; The Evaluation of Kings in Samuel and Kings; The Law of the King in Deuteronomy 17:14-20. |
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Discussion of Kingship in Scholarly Debate: An Illustration of the ProblemsChapter 9. CONCLUSIONS; Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors. |
| Summary |
Deuteronomy''s command to restrict cultic practice to one ""chosen place"" has occupied a central position in scholars'' understandings of the book and their reconstruction of Israelite political and religious history. The debates about the date of Deuteronomy, its proposed connections to ""Josiah''s reform"", and, most profoundly, the ""Deuteronomistic History (DH) hypothesis"" have dominated study of the idea of ""chosen place"". These debates have, to a large extent, determined how we read Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets in general. Through a reading of key texts from these corpora, thi. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Josiah, King of Judah.
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Josiah, King of Judah. |
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Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
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Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) |
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Bible. Deuteronomy -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Deuteronomy. |
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Bible. Former Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Former Prophets. |
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Bible. Kings, 2nd, XXII-XXIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Deuteronomy -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Former Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Kings, 2nd, XXII-XXIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. |
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) |
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Jerusalem -- In the Bible.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thelle, Rannfrid I., 1966- Approaches to the "chosen place" : accessing a biblical concept. London, [England] ; New York, New York : T & T Clark International, ©2012 xiv, 240 pages Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 564 9780567468079 |
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9780567376329 (electronic book) |
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056737632X (electronic book) |
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9780567468079 |
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0567468070 |
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