The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : rereading the court history and its ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26 / Richard G. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Richard G. (Richard Grady)

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 508.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 508

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice--Biblical teaching.

Justice.

Ethics in the Bible.

Bible. O.T. Samuel, 2nd, VIII, 15-XX, 26--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Other Title:

Fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : narrative ethics and rereading the court history according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 CRITICAL METHODOLOGY; Chapter 3 JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AS ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ETHICAL IDEAL AND HERMENEUTICAL CONSTRUCT; Chapter 4 REDEFINING THE COURT HISTORY ACCORDING TO 2 SAMUEL 8:15B-20:26 AS A LITERARY UNIT; Chapter 5 READING 2 SAMUEL 8:15B-10:19 AS THE BEGINNINGS OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS: DAVID'S ACTS OF Omitted AND THE AMMONITE-ARAMEAN WAR; Chapter 6 READING 2 SAMUEL 11-12 AS THE CORRUPTION OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE URIAH AFFAIR AND THE FALL OF RABBAH

Chapter 7 READING 2 SAMUEL 13:1-19:9(8) AS THE PERVERSION OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE ABSALOM AFFAIRChapter 8 READING 2 SAMUEL 19:10(9)-20:26 AS THE DEATH OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS: DAVID'S RETURN AND SHEBA'S SECESSION; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Cambridge, 2001) presented under the title: The figure of Joab and the fate of "justice and righteousness" during David's reign : rereading the so-called "court history" according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613191960

9781283191968

1283191962

9780567008633

0567008630

OCLC:

741691094