The king and the reader: hermeneutical reflections on 1 Kings 20-21
1 Kings 20–21 offers a critical portrayal of Ahab as a king who practices neither mercy, nor justice in his dealings with his subjects but who strives to present a public image of himself as a king of mercy and justice. His character would have been seen by the exilic/post-exilic readership of the b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tyndale House
2015
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-74 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Könige 1. 20-21
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| Summary: | 1 Kings 20–21 offers a critical portrayal of Ahab as a king who practices neither mercy, nor justice in his dealings with his subjects but who strives to present a public image of himself as a king of mercy and justice. His character would have been seen by the exilic/post-exilic readership of the book of Kings as prefiguring their own experience of judgement and providing them with a model of repentance in the face of inevitable doom. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.29387 |