The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign
Subtitle: rereading the court history and its ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26
By: Richard G. Smith.
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 508
Publisher: T & T Clark
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780567026842
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Samuel, 2nd, VIII, 15-XX, 26 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Justice -- Biblical teaching; Ethics in the Bible
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Cambridge, 2001) presented under the title: The figure of Joab and the fate of "justice and righteousness" during David's reign : rereading the so-called "court history" according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-256) and indexes.