02939nam 2200625Ia 450 991078226020332120230421044210.01-281-81387-797866118138710-567-38316-4(CKB)1000000000542274(EBL)436870(OCoLC)276369721(SSID)ssj0000186157(PQKBManifestationID)12011250(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186157(PQKBWorkID)10216867(PQKB)10313013(MiAaPQ)EBC436870(Au-PeEL)EBL436870(CaPaEBR)ebr10250747(CaONFJC)MIL181387(OCoLC)893334501(EXLCZ)99100000000054227419961108d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJoshua and the rhetoric of violence[electronic resource] a new historicist analysis /Lori L. RowlettSheffield, Eng. Sheffield Academic Pressc19961 online resource (201 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;226Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Cambridge).1-85075-627-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY; Chapter 3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 4 DIVINE WARFARE; Chapter 5 THE CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE OF WAR IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Chapter 6 THE RHETORIC OF VIOLENCE IN JOSHUA 1.1-9; Chapter 7 THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTION OF [Omitted] IN THE TEXT; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsJoshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis draws on Foucault's principleJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;226.WarBiblical teachingViolence in the BibleWarBiblical teaching.Violence in the Bible.222222.2066222/.2066Rowlett Lori L1469461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782260203321Joshua and the rhetoric of violence3680931UNINA