Description
| Product ID: | 9780567689276 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Title: | The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David's Reign |
| Subtitle: | Narrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26 |
| Authors: | Author: Prof. Richard G. Smith |
| Page Count: | 294 |
| Subjects: | Old Testaments, Old Testaments, Christianity |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David's reign over all Israel. This work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David''s reign over all Israel. After an introductory chapter and a chapter on critical methodology the rest of the work is a close reading of 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 that pays special attention to narrative ethics. Chapter 3 makes a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 as a coherent literary unit reflecting an ethical world-view grounded in kindness and having as its main theme "the failure of justice and righteousness to be established during David''s reign." Chapter 4 presents a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-10:19 as an account of the beginnings of justice and righteousness during David''s reign in which David''s kindness towards Mephibosheth is presented as analogous to a Mesopotamian royal declaration and was performed as an inaugural act of charity upon David''s ascent to the throne. |
| Imprint Name: | T.& T.Clark Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-27 |