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Reconsidering Israel and Judah : recent studies on the Deuteronomistic history

Print Book, English, 2000
Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind., 2000
xxii, 650 p. ; 24 cm.
9781575060378, 157506037X
912196415
Part 1: The Theory of a Deuteronomistic History and Its RefinementsThe Central Theological Ideas - Martin NothSpeech and Prayer in the Deuteronomistic and the Chronicler’s Histories - Otto Ploger‘Histories’ and ‘History’: Promise and Fulfillment in the Deuteronomistic Historical Work - Helga WeippertThe Kerygma of the Deuteronomistic Historical Work - Hans Walter WolffThe Themes of the Book of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History - Frank Moore CrossThe Law and the Nations: A Contribution to Deuteronomistic Tradition History - Rudolf SmendPart 2: Deuteronomy, Joshua, JudgesDeuteronomy in Search of Origins - Thomas RomerThe Succession of Joshua - J. Roy PorterGilgal: A Contribution to the History of Worship in Israel - Hans-Joachim KrausThe Role of the Priesthood in the Deuteronomistic History - Richard D. NelsonThe Deuteronomistic Theology of the Book of Joshua - Gordon J. WenhamThe Deuteronomistic from Joshua to Samuel - John Van SetersJoshua 24 Re-examined - S. David SperlingPart 3: Samuel, KingsThe Apology of David - P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.The David-Saul Narrative - Walter Dietrich and Thomas NaumannDavid’s Rise and Saul’s Demise - Robert P. GordonSolomon: Bathsheba’s Firstborn - T. Veijola1 Kings 8:46-53 and the Deuteronomic Hope - J. G. McConvillePrayer and Propaganda: Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple and the Deuteronomist’s Program - Gary N. KnoppersDog Food and Bird Food: The Oracle against the Dynasties in the Book of Kings - Steven L. McKenzieWhich Oracle Granted Perdurability to the Davidides? A Textual Problem in 2 Kings 8:19 and the Function of the Dynastic Oracles in the Deuteronomistic Historical Work - Norbert LohfinkPart 4: New DirectionsToward a Redactional History of the Book of Kings - Andre LemaireEphraimite versus Deuteronomistic History - Alexander RofeRedaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings - Julio Trebolle BarreraThe Royal Novella in Egypt and Israel - Siegfried HerrmannThe Counsel of the ‘Elders’ to Rehoboam and Its Implications - Moshe WeinfieldThe State of Israelite History - Baruch HalpernNew Directions in the Study of Biblical Hebrew Narrative - David M. GunnThe Centre Cannot Hold - J. Cheryl ExumWhat, If Anything, Is 1 Samuel? - David Jobling