Protest or propaganda : war in the Old Testament book of Kings and in contemporaneous ancient Near Eastern texts / / by Aarnoud van der Deijl.
In this study, the war stories from the Old Testament book of Kings are compared to ten extrabiblical texts. Narratological analysis is applied to deconstruct the ideology of the respective literary compositions. The Old Testament ideology of war seems to be neither typically Israelite, as Gerhardt...
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| Superior document: | Studia Semitica Neerlandica, v. 51 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studia Semitica Neerlandica ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (720 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Materials / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Chapter One. Introduction, Terminology State Of The Research, Research Questions / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Chapter Two. War In The Book Of Kings / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Chapter Three. War In A Number Of Extrabiblical Texts / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Chapter Four. Summary And Conclusions / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Bibliography / A.R. Van Der Deijl
- Scripture Index / A.R. Van Der Deijl.