The reception of biblical war legislation in narrative contexts
Subtitle: proceedings of the EABS research group "Law and Narrative"
By: edited by Christoph Berner and Harald Samuel
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- Volume 460; Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft -- 460.
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9783110348446; 9783110349726; 9783110384130; 9783110349733
Subjects: Bible; Narrative Criticism; Biblical teaching; Jewish law; Criticism, interpretation; Bible and law; War
Description: "This volume explores the impact of biblical war legislation on war accounts and vice versa in the Hebrew Bible and in early Jewish literature. It provides case studies which show the importance of the topic and shed new light on redaction- and reception-historical developments."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: "When you go forth to war against your enemies ..." : narrative reading of Deuteronomic war legislation  -- Assnat Bartor; title: Abraham amidst kings, coalitions and military campaigns : reflections on the redaction history of Gen 14 and its early rewritings  -- Christoph Berner; title: Defeating Amalek, defending the constitution : the political theory of Ex 17:8-16  -- Wolfgang Oswald; title: Midrash-exegesis in the service of literary criticism  -- Shimon Gesundheit; title: Bündnisverbot und Mischehenverbot : zum Banngebot in Deuteronomium 7,1-2 und seiner Wirkungsgeschichte  -- Reinhard Achenbach; title: Law and narrative in Deuteronomy and the Temple Scroll  -- Reinhard G. Kratz; title: Paradigm, illustrative narrative or midrash: the case of Josh 7-8 and Deuteronomic/istic law  -- Cynthia Edenburg; title: Deuteronomic war prescriptions and Deuteronomistic wars  -- Harald Samuel; title: Beobachtungen zu Rezeption und Interpretation von Kriegsgesetzen des Pentateuchs in den Büchern der Chronik  -- Sebastian Grätz; title: The battle of Emmaus and 1 Maccabees' creative use of martial law  -- Francis Borchardt; title: Biblical warfare legislation in the War Scroll (1QM VII:1-7 and X:1-8) -- Annette Steudel.