Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty
Zion and Gerizim in Competition
Published on 1. September 2004
Book
Hardback
386 pages
978-0-567-08085-1 (ISBN)
Description
Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18GCo20 as a focus. She argues that this narrative is taken from that of the book of Isaiah, with which it shares linguistic and thematic elements. In Kings, it is used with the specific purpose of breaking the compositional pattern of curse, which threatens to place Jerusalem on a par with Samaria. Jerusalem traditions are examined against theories of a late Yahwist author and the PentateuchGCOs origin within a Jerusalem cult. While the Pentateuch in its final form became a common work, acceptable to all groups because of its implied ambiguity, the Deuteronomistic HistoryGCOs favoring of David and Jerusalem holds a rejection of competitive groups as its implied argument.
Reviews / Votes
Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol 51: 2004/05 Old Testament Abstracts: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly/ Vol. 29, 2006 -- mention "Hjelm's study is a well-documented and highly sophisticated work. Scholars and students, even those who disagree with Hjelm, will find a lot of useful analysis and will have to take into consideration her arguments" Kenneth A. Ristau Biblica Vol. 88 Fasc 1, 2007 -- Kenneth A. Ristau 'Hjelm's study is a well documented and highly sophisticated work. Scholars and students, even those who disagree with Hjelm, will find alot of useful analysis and will have to take into consideration her arguments for the unity of Kings and the priority of Isaiah's Hezekiah narrative over its parallel in Kings as well as some of her ideological readings.' 'Recommended' - Kenneth A. Ristau, Biblica -- Kenneth A Ristau "Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty is an important and valuable book that can be enjoyed by almost any student of OT."- Daniel Leavins, Vol. 49 no.2 * Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society * "Seldom does one pick up a book on historiography that can be described as bold, elegant, eloquent, delicate, insightful, brilliant, engaging, intelligent, ground-breaking, and completely worthwhile. This is that book. Hjelm is compelling, persuasive, and right, it seems. Those who would date the Hebrew Bible to the Hasmonean era now have a significant weapon in hand with which to wage the ongoing battle over biblical historiography. Read this book." - RBL, September 2005 * Review of Biblical Literature *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
743 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-08085-1 (9780567080851)
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Person
Dr Ingrid Hjelm is Research Associate at the the Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction - Creating the Case; Preliminary Remarks on contextual Problems Regarding the Zion Methaphor; Biblical Chronology and Historical Reconstruction; The Value of Form- and Redaction- Criticism; Conclusive Remarks Regarding Form- and Redaction- Criticism Outline of the Investigation; Chapter 2: The Hezekiah Narrative and the Composition of the Deuteronomistic History; 2 Kings 17-20: A Survey; Biblical Narrative and Historical Reality: Some Remarks; Motifs and Themes in the Hezekiah Narrative's Zion Ideology; Hezekiah and the Function of the Judgement Formulae in the Books of Kings; Jeroboam's Sin: The High Places and the Temples; The High Places, uaiaa, and the Habits of the Foreigners; Hezekiah as Moses' Successor? The Nehustan Motif; Josiah's Acts as a Variant Tradition? How Do We Fit this Narrative into the Ideology of the Books of Kings? Patronage and Idolatry, or How to Characterise the 'Way of David'? Chapter 3: Book of isaiah's Ahaz and Hezekiah Narratives as Foundation Myths; Preliminary Remarks on the Composition of the Book of Isaiah; The Provenance of the Hezekiah Narrative: The Form and Redaction-Critical Discussion; The Linguistic Evidence for an Isaianic Provenance Conclusion to Part One; The Function of the Hezekiah Narrative within the Book of Isaiah: Ahaz and Hezekiah: Competing Characters? Isaiah 7.9b; The Sign Motif: Or Will They Stand the Water Test? Isaiah's Preaching in the Light of the Assyrian Royal Ideology; Isaiah 37.3-4: Yahweh's Day of Wrath: The Birth Motif Exkursus: Yahweh Zebaoth; Isaiah 37.3-4: The Day of Distress,; Isaiah 37.3-4: Children Have Come to the Cervical Opening and There is No Strength to Deliver Them; Chapter 4: Deuteronomist versus Yahwist - Agreement and Conflict in Jewish and Samaritan Text Traditions; Tradition History According to Van Seters: Some Considerations; Deuteronomist and Yahwist: Jewish and Samaritan Traditions of Text Composition: The Pre-Exilic Period; Shiloh between Shechem and Jerusalem? Samaritan-Jewish Discussions over Cult Place and Tradition: The Post-Exilic Period; Chapter 5: Prophetic Understanding of the Status and Function of the Law: David and Moses in Competition; From Priesthood to Kingship; David and Moses: Prophet versus Prophet? Law and Prophecy: Davidic Institutions versus Mosaic Law; Look, I have Created Something New; Chapter 6: Mountain versus Mountain - The Place Yahweh has Chosen; Mt. Zion as the Mountain of the House of Yahweh; Zion and David Traditions in Extra-Biblical Literature; Baruch, Sirach, Judith and Jubilees; Eupolemus, Pseudo-Eupolemus, I Enoch and Tobit; 1 Maccabees as Apologia; 1 Maccabees: The Introduction; 1 Maccabees: Jerusalem-Zion versus Antioch: Fighting the Seven-Headed Monster; 1 Maccabees: Utopia's Realisation? 2 Maccabees: Divine Electon of Jerusalem as Yahweh's Abode and Judas as a Worthy Theocratic Leader; Conclusion: The Place Yahweh Has Chosen; Indices; Abbreviations; Bibliography