The double redaction of the Deuteronomistic history / Richard D. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Richard D. (Richard Donald), 1945-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 18.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : JSOT Press, Dept. of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Martin Noth argued that in the books of Joshua-Kings could be seen the work of a single, purposeful author or historian-a hypothesis which, although close to becoming one of those rare 'assured results of critical scholarship', has recently encountered criticism. Nelson observes that Noth's historian has a 'disturbing tendency to fall apart in the hands of those who work with him'. In this comprehensive study of the question, he attempts to put on a solid critical foundation the increasingly popular theory that the Deutoronomistic History is a product of a two-stage literary process.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 THE DUAL REDACTION HYPOTHESIS IN KINGS; 2 THE REGNAL FORMULAE IN KINGS; 3 THE ADDITIONS OF THE EXILIC EDITOR AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE LINGUISTIC FEATURES; 4 DYNASTIC ORACLE IN THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY; 5 TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE TWO DEUTERONOMISTS; APPENDIX: ISAIAH'S PREDICTION OF A BABYLONIAN DISASTER; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Biblical References

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Th.D.--Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., 1973).

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9786611802486

9781281802484

1281802484

9780567270191

056727019X

OCLC:

276357707