The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible

"The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible offers 36 essays on the so-called "Historical Books": Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1-2 Chronicles. The essays are organized around four nodes: contexts, content, approaches, and reception. Ea...

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Subtitles:Handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible
The historical books of the Hebrew Bible
Contributors: Kelle, Brad E. 1973- (Editor) ; Strawn, Brent A. 1970- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York. NY Oxford University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible] (2022) (Aucker, W. Brian)
[Rezension von: The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible] (2022) (Wagner, Eric J. P., 2002 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Historical books
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Bible. Historical Books Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Table of Contents
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible offers 36 essays on the so-called "Historical Books": Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1-2 Chronicles. The essays are organized around four nodes: contexts, content, approaches, and reception. Each essay takes up two questions: (1) what does the topic/area/issue have to do with the Historical Books?" and (2) how does this topic/area/issue help readers better interpret the Historical Books?" The essays engage traditional theories and newer updates to the same, and also engage the textual traditions themselves which are what give rise to compositional analyses. Many essays model approaches that move in entirely different ways altogether, however, whether those are by attending to synchronic, literary, theoretical, or reception aspects of the texts at hand. The contributions range from text-critical issues to ancient historiography, state formation and development, ancient Near Eastern contexts, society and economy, political theory, violence studies, orality, feminism, postcolonialism, and trauma theory-among others. Taken together, these essays well represent the variety of options available when it comes to gathering, assessing, and interpreting these particular biblical books"--
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:0190261161