Deuteronomy-Kings as emerging authoritative books
Subtitle: a conversation
By: edited by Diana V. Edelman
Series: Ancient Near East Monographs = Monografías sobre el antiguo Cercano Oriente -- volume 6; Ancient Near East monographs -- v. 6.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta, Georgia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781589839137; 9781589837409; 9781589837393
Subjects: Historiography; RELIGION; Bible; Old Testament; Biblical Studies; Criticism, interpretation; Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
Description: Introduction / Diana V. Edelman -- The Authority of Deuteronomy / Philip R. Davies -- Rereading Deuteronomy in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods: The Ethics of Brotherhood and the Care of the Poor / Christoph Levin -- Why "Joshua"? / E. Axel Knauf -- The Case of Joshua / Serge Frolov -- Who Was Interested in the Book of Judges in the Persian-Hellenistic Periods? / Yairah Amit -- Memories Laid to Rest: The Book of Judges in the Persian Period / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- 1-2 Samuel and Jewish Paideia in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods / Thomas M. Bolin -- What Made the Books of Samuel Authoritative in the Discourses of the Persian Period? Reflections on the Legal Discourse in 2 Samuel 14 / Klaus-Peter Adam -- The Case of the Book of Kings / Thomas Römer -- On the Authority of Dead Kings / James R. Linville.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-256) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Diana V. Edelman; title: The authority of Deuteronomy  -- Philip R. Davies; title: Rereading Deuteronomy in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods : the ethics of brotherhood and the care of the poor  -- Christoph Levin; title: Why "Joshua"?  -- E. Axel Knauf; title: The case of Joshua  -- Serge Frolov; title: Who was interested in the Book of Judges in the Persian-Hellenistic periods?  -- Yairah Amit -- Memories laid to rest : the Book of Judges in the Persian Period / -- Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher; title: 1-2 Samuel and Jewish paideia in the Persian and Hellenistic periods  -- Thomas M. Bolin; title: What made the Books of Samuel authoritative in the discourses of the Persian period? Reflections on the legal discourse in 2 Samuel 14  -- Klaus-Peter Adam; title: The case of the Book of Kings  -- Thomas Rom̈er; title: On the authority of Dead Kings -- James R. Linville.f Kings / Thomas Römer -- On the Authority of Dead Kings / James R. Linville.