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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154737503321

Autore

Wilson Ian Douglas <1981->

Titolo

Kingship and memory in ancient Judah / / Ian Douglas Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-065033-8

0-19-049992-3

0-19-049991-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

222.06

Soggetti

Kings and rulers - Bible teaching

Jews - Kings and rulers

Jews - History - To 586 B.C

Memory - Bible teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Ancient Judah and its literature: remembering and imagining kingship -- Torah and its guardians -- Cruxes of leadership: the transition(s) to monarchy -- Remembering/forgetting David and Davidic kingship -- The remembered future in prophetic literature -- To conclude: the emplotments of kingship and "metahistoriography" in ancient Judah.

Sommario/riassunto

'Kingship and Memory in Ancient Judah' investigates kingship in Judean discourse, particularly in the early Second Temple era. In doing so, it contributes to our knowledge of literature and literary culture in ancient Judah and also makes a significant contribution to questions of history and historiographical method in biblical studies.