James Richard Linville

Israel in the Book of Kings (eBook, PDF)

The Past as a Project of Social Identity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Linville argues that a new approach to the book of Kings is needed because of the failings of the usual historical-critical methods. He adopts a holistic approach which sees the book as a Persian-era text intended to articulate politically and religiously significant symbols within the book's monarchic history. These express the producer's reactions to important issues of Jewish identity in the continuing Diaspora and in Jerusalem. In the story of the schisms and apostacies of Israel's defunct monarchies both the Diaspora and cultural pluralism are legitimized. Rival versions of Israelite heritage are reconciled under an overarching sense of a greater Israelite history and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 331
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567516916
• Artikelnr.: 40779871

Autorenporträt

James Linville is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.