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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821783503321

Autore

Schniedewind William M

Titolo

Society and the promise to David : the reception history of 2 Samuel 7:1-17 / / William M. Schniedewind

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-774122-3

1-280-83106-5

0-19-535206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

222.4406

Soggetti

Covenants - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-222) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Reading the Promise to David; 2 Forging a Common Ideology: Origins of the Promise; 3 Kingdoms in CRISIS: Vindicating the Promise; 4 Josianic Reforms: A New Place for the Promise; 5 ""By the Waters of Babylon"": The Promise Fails; 6 In Persia's Shadow: Restoring the Promise; 7 Second Temple Judaisms Read the Promise; 8 The Legacy of the Promise to David; Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages

Sommario/riassunto

In the second book of Samuel, the prophet Nathan tells King David that God will give to him and his descendants a great and everlasting kingdom. In this study Schniedewind looks at how this dynastic Promise has been understood and transmitted from the time of its first appearance at the inception of the Hebrew monarchy until the dawn of Christianity. He shows in detail how, over the centuries, the Promise grew in importance and prestige. One measure of this growing importance was the Promise's ability to coax new readers into fresh interpretations.