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The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Autor Dr. Nathan Lovell
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Nathan Lovell proposes that 1 and 2 Kings might be read as a work of written history, produced with the explicit purpose of shaping the communal identity of its first readers in the Babylonian exile. By drawing on sociological approaches to the role historiography plays in the construction of political identity, Lovell argues the book of Kings is intended to reconstruct a sense of Israelite identity in the context of these losses, and that the book of Kings moves beyond providing a reason for the exile in Israel's history, and beyond even connecting its exilic audience to that history. The book recalls the past in order to demonstrate what it means to be Israel in the (exilic) present, and to encourage hope for the Israelite nation in the future. After developing a reading strategy for 1-2 Kings that treats the book as a coherent narrative, Lovell examines the construction of Israelite identity within Kings under the headings of covenant, nationhood, land, and rule. In each case he suggests that the narrative of the book creates room for a genuine but temporary expression of Israelite identity in exile: genuine to show that it remains possible for Israel to be Yahweh's people during the exile, but temporary to encourage hope for a future restoration.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780567698568
ISBN-10: 0567698564
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Seria The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Proposes several novel ideas concerning the theology of the book of Kings, including developing a remnant theme which has not been widely utilised in scholarship, and new thoughts on the issue of centralisation of worship and kingship

Notă biografică

Nathan Lovell is Director of Postgraduate Studies at George Whitefield College, South Africa.

Cuprins

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsChapter One: Kings as Political Historiography Chapter Two: The Narrative Strategy of KingsChapter Three: Covenant: What is Israel?Chapter Four: Nationhood: Who is Israel?Chapter Five: Land: Where is Israel?Chapter Six: Rule: The King After ExileConclusions: Israel Among the NationsBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity is an outstanding overview of 1-2 Kings which gives new students of Kings an excellent framework from which to work and challenges experienced scholars to consider the biblical text anew. The themes investigated are illuminating and do originate in the text itself. As noted, the major contribution is Lovell's description of the text's narrative arrangement. So convincing is his presentation that future studies on Kings will need to engage with Lovell's structural observations or find their arguments lacking.
The resulting study successfully demonstrates that Kings both remembers Israel's past and presents a vision for the nation's future.