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Zusatztext Bodner's volume will be of particular interest to biblical scholars working in the narratives of the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles. His attention to textual detail and thoroughgoing presentation of secondary literature are balanced with a characteristic! refreshing sense of vibrancy and humor. His analyses help the reader to catch a sense of the exciting possibilities that this 'great work of art' still hold (1). Informationen zum Autor Keith Bodner Klappentext This volume presents a collection of essays aimed at further integration of literary analysis in the study of the Hebrew Bible. In three sections, Bodner studies a range of texts in order to illustrate that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the discipline, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Beginning with a discussion of how literary analysis is a vital, yet neglected, component of textual criticism, Bodner then offers a sustained engagement with one particular section of the Hebrew Bible, the so-called "ark narrative" of 1 Samuel 4-6. Other areas of the Hebrew Bible are subsequently explored, including a sample of the historiographic material in the Deuteronomistic History and a lengthy text from the book of Proverbs. Part four turns to the often neglected books of 1 & 2 Chronicles, illustrating how the Chronicler's work is a congenial site for literary study. The assembled essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is a necessary component for biblical interpretation. Zusammenfassung Bodner argues that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the Hebrew Bible, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is necessary for biblical interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Textual Problems and Literary Analysis 1.Crime Scene Investigation: A Text-Critical Mystery and the Strange Death of Ishbosheth 2.The Locutions of 1 Kings 22:28: A New Proposal 3.The "Embarrassing Syntax" of Psalm 47:10: A (Pro)vocative Option Part Two: Readers of the Lost Ark 4. Ark-eology: Shifting Emphases in "Ark Narrative" Scholarship 5. Mouse Trap: A Text-Critical Problem with Rodents in the Ark Narrative Part Three: Further Soundings 6. A Bad News Bearer: The Dramatic Fulfillment of a Prophetic Word about the Dissolution of a Priestly Line/7. Highway to Sheol: Seductive Speech and Promiscuous Places in Proverbs 7 Part Four: The World of Chronicles 8.The Royal Skull in a Temple of Doom: An Interpretation of 1 Chronicles 10:10 9.Abijah's Elevated Rhetoric and the Civil War of 2 Chronicles 13 10. Capital Punishment: The Configuration of Ahaziah's Last Hours in 2 Chronicles 22 Conclusion ...
