Narrative Art, Political Rhetoric
The Case of Athaliah and Joash
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 1996
198 pages
978-0-567-15026-4 (ISBN)
Description
Narrative, rhetorical, ideological and sociological methods reveal an intricately related set of meanings in 2 Kings 11-12.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-15026-4 (9780567150264)
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11/2009
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Person
Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Associate Professor of Hebrew Scripture, Vancouver School of Theology; Recent publications: "Queen Mothers and Royal Politics of the Seventh Century B.C.E." in Chaney Festschrift, Sheffield Phoenix, forthcoming; "The Circumscription of the King: Deuteronomy 17:16-17 in Its Ancient Social Context," JBL 121; Jezebel: Portraits of a Queen, Liturgical Press, 2004.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 ISSUES AND METHODOLOGIES
- Chapter 2 NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
- 2 Kings 11
- 2 Kings 12
- Summary
- Chapter 3 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
- 2 Kings 11
- 2 Kings 12
- Summary
- Chapter 4 IDEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
- Athaliah and the Omride Dynasty
- Temple and Priest
- Covenant
- King and Dynasty
- Regnal Summaries and the Kings' Reigns
- Summary
- Chapter 5 SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
- Social Roles and Locations
- Factional Politics in Agrarian Monarchies
- Religion and the State
- International Politics
- Propaganda in the Politics of Elites
- Summary
- Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Authors
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
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