Past, Present, Future : The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets / edited by Johannes de Moor and H. R. van Rooy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Old Testament Society of South Africa.

Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België.

Moor, Johannes C. de (Johannes Cornelis), 1935-2023, editor.

Van Rooy, Herrie F. (Herculaas Frederik), 1949- editor.

Series:

Oudtestamentische studiën ; Volume 44.

Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies ; Volume 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, [2000]

Summary:

In the politico-religious history of the Deuteronomists, past, present and future mingle in an often inextricable way. Long obsolete traditions, which had been unacceptable to the Davidic dynasty, were rediscovered and adapted to the aims of the Deuteronomists. Personages of the past were condemned and blackened in the light of the new ideology, whereas others were glorified and embellished as heroes of faith because their ideas suited the historians. This inevitably raises the question whether the Bible can be trusted as a source book for writing a history of Israel. Apparently not, say scholars like T.L. Thompson, P.R. Davies and N.P. Lemche. In this volume a number of authors take up this challenge, stating that the radical rejection of the biblical testimony in favour of a history based mainly on archaeology is ill-advised. Several contributions to this volume draw instructive parallels between the process of re-writing the history of South Africa and the work of the Deuteronomists.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Were the Servants? A Comparative Inquiry in the Book of Isaiah and the Psalms

Jeroboam ben Nebat in the Deuteronomistic History

'No King like Him ... ': Royal Etiquette According to the Deuteronomistic Historian

Who Is behind the Samuel Narrative?

The End of the End, Or, What Is the Deuteronomist (Still) Doing in Daniel?

Chronological Problems of the Eighth Century BCE: A New Proposal for Dating the Samaria Ostraca

The Relation between the Eli Narratives (1 Sam. 1-4) and the Ark Narrative (1 Sam. 1-6

2 Sam. 6:1-19)

The Story of Hezekiah and Sennacherib (2 Kings 18-19)

The Historicity of the Bible: Its Relevance and its Limitations in the Light of Near Eastern Archaeology - From Catalyst to Cataclysm

Ezekiel and Jeremiah: Promises of Inner Renewal in Diachronic Perspective

Genesis 49 and the Early History of Israel

Joshua: The History of Reception and Hermeneutics

God's Throne in Elam: The Historical Background and Literary Context of Jeremiah 49:34-39

A Genre Feature in Biblical Prophecy and the Translator: Person Shift in Hosea

Data Relevant to the Dating of the Prophecy of Obadiah

Saving Saul from the Deuteronomist

Texts Are Fundamentally Facts of Power, Not of Democratic Exchange

No Need for a Prophet like Jeremiah: The Absence of the Prophet Jeremiah in Kings

2 Kings 17: The Deuteronomist and the Samaritans

Abbreviations

Index of Authors

Index of Texts.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004494237

9004494235

OCLC:

1288212359

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004494237 DOI