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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453934503321

Autore

Hjelm Ingrid

Titolo

Jerusalem's rise to sovereignty [[electronic resource] ] : Zion and Gerizim in competition / / Ingrid Hjelm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, 2004

ISBN

1-281-80270-0

9786611802707

0-567-33197-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 404

Disciplina

221.6/7

Soggetti

Judaism - History

Jerusalem in Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-329) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: CREATING THE CASE; Chapter 2 THE HEZEKIAH NARRATIVE AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY; Chapter 3 THE BOOK OF ISAIAH'S AHAZ AND HEZEKIAH NARRATIVES AS FOUNDATION MYTHS; Chapter 4 DEUTERONOMIST VS. YAHWIST: AGREEMENT AND CONFLICT IN JEWISH AND SAMARITAN TEXT TRADITIONS; Chapter 5 PROPHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATUS AND THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW: DAVID AND MOSES IN COMPETITION; Chapter 6 MOUNTAIN VS. MOUNTAIN: THE PLACE YAHWEH HAS CHOSEN; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: THE PLACE YAHWEH HAS CHOSEN; Bibliography; Index of References

Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18-20 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



Pentateuch's origin within a Jerusalem cult. While the Pentateuch in its final form became a common work, acceptable