Identity and loyalty in the David story
Subtitle: a postcolonial reading
By: Uriah Y. Kim.
Series: Hebrew Bible monographs -- 22; Hebrew Bible monographs -- 22.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sheffield, [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781906055585
Subjects: David, -- King of Israel; Bible. -- O.T. -- Samuel -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- O.T. -- Kings, 1st, I-II -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism); Postcolonialism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-232) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Toward a postcolonial reading of David; title: Understanding ḥesed as a postcolonial term; title: Raising David on ḥesed: 1 Samuel-2 Samuel 5; title: Sustaining David with ḥesed: 2 Samuel 5-24; 1 Kings 1-2; title: The hybridization of David's kingdom; title: The purification of the David story; title: Epilogue: The politics of identity and loyalty in North America.