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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826027603321

Autore

Rowe Jonathan Y

Titolo

Sons or lovers : an interpretation of David and Jonathan's friendship / / by Jonathan Y. Rowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, 2012

ISBN

1-283-94905-9

0-567-30616-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies

Disciplina

221.61

222.406

Soggetti

Male friendship

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. INTERPRETING DAVID AND JONATHAN; 1. Hearing Voices: Reading with Mikhail Bakhtin; 2. Family Practices: Reading with Anthropology; 3. Interpretative Understanding; Chapter 2. "REAL MEN"; 1. Bravehearts; 2. Profanity!; 3. Spearmen; Chapter 3. FAMILY FIRST; 1. "Honour your father and mother"; 2. Loyalty to Kin; 3. Understanding David and Saul's Family Values; Chapter 4. FRIENDS FOREVER; 1. The Loyalty of Love; 2. Friendship; 3. Understanding Jonathan's (Dis)Loyalty; Chapter 5. SHAMEFULLY DISGRACED

1. "Shall my honour be as shame?"2. "Honour and Shame"; 3. Understanding Saul's Accusation; Chapter 6. HONOURABLY DISLOYAL; 1. Keeping Faith; 2. Sons or Lovers; Appendix A: RELATIVE AGES OF SELECTED CHARACTERS IN 1 SAMUEL; Appendix B: COLLOCATION OF chlylh WITH OTHER ELEMENTS OF OATH FORMULAE; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Rowe examines David and Jonathan's friendship in the context of what ancient readers would have understood as the 'natural' loyalty to their families. Rowe focuses on the conflicting moral goods between which the men choose, seeking to understand the dynamics of the narrative consonant with ancient society. Rowe discusses theoretical issues of interpretation and summarises how Bakhtin's theory of heteroglossic voices can be utilised to understand the narrative. He deliberates over



the key aspects of family life in the world described by the Old Testament, surveys approaches to the study of the