Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence - A New Historicist Analysis

Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis draws on Foucault's principle that power is something exercised rather than merely possessed.

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• Authors: Lori L Rowlett, Lori L. Rowlett, Rowlett Lori L.
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9781850756279
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-627-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Journal for the Study of the O; Journal for the Study of the O; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Christianity, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy