The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David's Reign - Narrative Ethics Rereading Court History according to 2 Samuel 8:15

Zusatztext Indeed! [the author's] evaluation of David's reign through the lens of "justice and righteousness" and his close reading of these chapters of 2 Samuel are the real strengths and benefits of his book. Informationen zum Autor Richard G. Smith is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Taylor University. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis nullnullChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Critical MethodologyChapter 3: Justice and Righteousness as Ancient Near Eastern Ethical Ideal and Hermeneutical ConstructChapter 4: Redefining the Court History as a Literary Unit according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26Chapter 5: Reading 2 Samuel 8:15b-10:19 as the Beginnings of Justice and Righteousness: David's Acts of Kindness and the Ammonite-Aramean WarChapter 6: Reading 2 Samuel 11-12 as the Corruption of Justice and Righteousness: The Uriah Affair and the Fall of RabbahChapter 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 SecessionChapter 9: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Richard G Smith, Richard G. Smith
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2010
• EAN: 9780567026842
• ISBN: 978-0-567-02684-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments