
David in the Desert
Tradition and Redaction in the "History of David's Rise"
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 353 pages
978-3-11-108774-0 (ISBN)
Description
In the course of the last two decades, both the historical reconstruction of the Iron I-Iron IIA period in Israel and Judah and the literary-historical reconstruction of the Books of Samuel have undergone major changes. With respect to the quest for the "historical David", terms like "empire" or "Großreich" have been set aside in favor of designations like "mercenary" or "hapiru leader", corresponding to the image of the son of Jesse presented in I Sam. At the same time, the literary-historical classification of these chapters has itself become a matter of considerable discussion. As Leonhard Rost's theory of a source containing a "History of David's Rise" continues to lose support, it becomes necessary to pose the question once again: Are we dealing with a once independent 'story of David' embracing both the HDR and the "succession narrative" are there several independent versions of an HDR to be detected, or do I Sam 16-II Sam 5* constitute a redactional bridge between older traditions about Saul on the one hand and David on the other? In either case, what parts of the material in I Sam 16-II Sam 5 are based on ancient traditions, and may therefore serve as a source for any tentative historical reconstruction? The participants in the 2018 symposium at Jena whose essays are collected in this volume engage these questions from different redaction-critical and archaeological perspectives. Together, they provide an overview of contemporary historical research on the book of First Samuel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-108774-0 (9783111087740)
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Hannes Bezzel | Reinhard G. Kratz
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Tradition and Redaction in the "History of David's Rise"
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Tradition and Redaction in the "History of David's Rise"
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Hannes Bezzel | Reinhard G. Kratz
David in the Desert
Tradition and Redaction in the "History of David's Rise"
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05/2021
1st Edition
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Persons
Hannes Bezzel
, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
Reinhard G. Kratz , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Reinhard G. Kratz , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.