Jeremy Schipper

Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the parables function to help create, intensify, and justify judgments and hostile actions against their audiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781107407541
• ISBN-10: 1107407540
• Artikelnr.: 36197280

Inhaltsangabe

1. Breaking down parables: introductory issues
2. Devouring parables: Jotham's parabolic curse in Judges 9
3. Over-allegorizing and other Davidic misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11-12
4. Changing face and saving face: parabolic petitions in 2 Samuel 14
5. Grasping the conflict: Ahab's negotiation of conflicts and parables in 1 Kings 20
6. Intellectual weapons: the parable's function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25
7. Conclusions and implications for the study of Hebrew Bible parables.