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The Book of Kings and exilic identity : 1 and 2 Kings as a work of political historiography / Nathan Lovell.
Van Pelt Library BS1199.B3 L684 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovell, Nathan, author.
- Series:
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 708.
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 708
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Kings, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Kings, 2nd--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Kings, 2nd.
- Bible. Kings, 1st.
- Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598 B.C.-515 B.C.
- Jews.
- History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021.
- Summary:
- Nathan Lovell proposes that 1 and 2 Kings might be read as a work of written history, produced with the explicit purpose of shaping the communal identity of its first readers in the Babylonian exile. By drawing on sociological approaches to the role historiography plays in the construction of political identity, Lovell argues the book of Kings is intended to reconstruct a sense of Israelite identity in the context of these losses, and that the book of Kings moves beyond providing a reason for the exile in Israel's history, and beyond even connecting its exilic audience to that history. The book recalls the past in order to demonstrate what it means to be Israel in the (exilic) present, and to encourage hope for the Israelite nation in the future. After developing a reading strategy for 1-2 Kings that treats the book as a coherent narrative, Lovell examines the construction of Israelite identity within Kings under the headings of covenant, nationhood, land, and rule. In each case he suggests that the narrative of the book creates room for a genuine but temporary expression of Israelite identity in exile: genuine to show that it remains possible for Israel to be Yahweh's people during the exile, but temporary to encourage hope for a future restoration. -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Kings as political historiography
- The narrative strategy of Kings
- Covenant: what is Israel?
- Nationhood: who is Israel?
- Land: where is Israel?
- Rule: the king after exile
- Conclusions: Israel among the nations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0567695328
- 9780567695321
- OCLC:
- 1179047824
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