Israel Constructs its History : Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research
The thesis that the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings have undergone a redaction that made them into a 'Deuteronomistic History' has become since Martin Noth (1943) a widely accepted idea in Old Testament scholarship. But there is no consensus when this history was edited: under Josiah (622 BCE), during the exile (c. 560 BCE) or even later? And what was the intention of its redactors? Can we rely on the so-called Deuteronomistic History for the reconstruction of Israelite history? Or should we give up the thesis of a Deuteronomic redaction of the Former Prophets? This volume explores these and m
eBook, English, 2000
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2000
1 online resource (505 pages).
9780567224156, 0567224155
1049860302
Foreword
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part I: INTRODUCTION
Deuteronomistic Historiography (DH): History of Research and Debated Issues
Part II: ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY
Postexilic Historiography: How and Why?
A Debate on Comparative Historicities
Historical Times in Mesopotamia
Part III: TEXTUAL CRITICISM AND LITERARY CRITICISM
Jeroboam and the Division of the Kingdom in the Ancient Septuagint: LXX 3 Kingdoms 12.24 a-z, MT 1 Kings 11-12
14 and the Deuteronomistic History. 2 Samuel 5-8 and the Deuteronomist: Textual Criticism or Literary Criticism?
Part IV: DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC METHODS
The Trouble with Kingship
History and Law: Deuteronomistic Historiography and Deuteronomic Law Exemplified in the Passage from the Period of the Judges to the Monarchical Period
When Josiah has Done his Work or the King Is Properly Buried: A Synchronic Reading of 2 Kings 22.1-23.28
Part V: THE SOURCES OF DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY
The Sources of the Deuteronomic History: Research on Joshua 1-12
Part VI: THE MILIEUS OF THE DEUTERONOMISTS. Does 'Deuteronomistic Historiography' (DH) Exist?
Is There a Deuteronomistic Redaction in the Book of Jeremiah?
Part VII: DEUTERONOMISTIC IDEOLOGY AND THEOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Deuteronomistic Ideology and Theology of the Old Testament
Deuteronomistic Ideology and the Theology of the Old Testament
Index of References
Index of Authors
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z