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1 online resource (xvii, 449 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 396
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 396.
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Note |
Significantly Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 2005. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-419) and index. |
Contents |
Echoes of the past and topos as text -- Exiles and textiles : Transjordan in history -- Vexed texts : sources of the Deuteronomistic history -- Royal apology and scribalism in iron age Israel -- Of success and succession -- The mystery of the history of David's rise -- The narrative(s) of Saul's rise -- Conclusion: A composite motif. |
Summary |
This study analyzes several passages in the Former Prophets (2 Sam 19:12-44; 2 Kgs 2:1-18; Judg 8:4-28) from a literary perspective, and argues that the text presents Transjordan as liminal in Israel's history, a place from which Israel's leaders return with inaugurated or renewed authority. It then traces the redactional development of Samuel-Kings that led to this literary symbolism, and proposes a hypothesis of continual updating and combination of texts, beginning early in Israel's monarchy and continuing until the final formation of the Deuteronomistic History. Several source documents ma. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. Historical Books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Historical Books. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Historiography. |
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Bible. Historical Books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Historiography. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Historiography. |
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Bible. Historical Books. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) |
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Jordan River.
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Jordan -- History.
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Jordan. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hutton, Jeremy Michael. Transjordanian palimpsest. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110204100 311020410X (OCoLC)317925432 |
ISBN |
9783110212761 (electronic book) |
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3110212765 (electronic book) |
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1282187597 |
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9781282187597 |
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311020410X |
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9783110204100 |
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9783110204100 |
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311020410X |
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