LEADER 05490nam 2200673 450 001 9910153149303321 005 20230721034721.0 010 $a0-567-68965-4 010 $a0-567-55487-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000103491 035 $a(EBL)1752046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001256301 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11833121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001256301 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11258976 035 $a(PQKB)11504409 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1752046 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000103491 100 $a20181006d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDisloyalty and destruction $ereligion and politics in Deuteronomy and the modern world /$fRob Barrett 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cT & T Clark,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aT & T Clark library of biblical studies 225 1 $aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;$v511 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Durham University, 2007. 311 $a1-336-21295-0 311 $a0-567-61414-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [255]-267) and indexes. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 YHWH''S VIOLENCE: THE PROBLEM AND APPROACHES; 1.1. Interpretive Approaches; 1.1.1. Selective Reading: Out with the Bad; 1.1.2. Description without Engagement; 1.1.3. Engagement without Sympathy; 1.2. My Scope; 1.3. My Approach; 1.3.1. Engagement, Sympathy, and Selectivity; 1.3.2. Canon and History; 1.3.3. Who is this ""Modem Reader""?; 1.3.4. The Need for Modem Connections; 1.4. Summary of Argument; Chapter 2 INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS; 2.1. Religion and Politics in the Modem World 327 $a2.1.1. The Modern Nation-State and the Subordination of ""Religion""2.1.2. Modem ""Religion"": Durkheim''s Functional Theory of Religion; 2.1.3. The Religion and Globalization of Liberal Democratic Capitalism; 2.2. Religion and Politics in Deuteronomy; 2.2.1. Deuteronomy and Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; 2.2.2. Deuteronomy as a Nation-State Document; 2.2.3. Deuteronomy''s Israel and the Modern Nation-State; 2.3. Other Gods, Divine Anger, and Destruction; 2.3.1. Primacy of the First Commandment in Deuteronomy; 2.3.2. Other Gods, Anger, and Destruction 327 $aChapter 3 THE BASIC THREAT: IDOLATRY AND DESTRUCTION3.1. Introduction: The Alien Category of Idolatry; 3.2. Deuteronomy 9-10: The Golden Calf; 3.2.1. Context, Bounds, Unity, and Structure; 3.2.2. Exegesis; 3.2.3. Summary; 3.3. The Golden Calf Incident as National Myth; 3.4. Idolatry and Treason; 3.4.1. Modern Analogy for Golden Calf Offense; 3.4.2. Treason and the Social Contract Theorists; 3.4.3. American Examples of Responses to Treason; 3.4.4. YHWH''S Response to Treason; Chapter 4 DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION AS COERCION; 4.1. Deuteronomy 4: Loyalty to YHWH 327 $a4.1.1. Bounds, Unity, Structure, and Context4.1.2. Exegesis; 4.2. Deuteronomy 32: A Song of Disloyalty; 4.2.1. Genre and Bounds; 4.2.2. Purpose; 4.2.3. Context; 4.2.4. Exegesis; 4.2.5. Summary and Comparison with Deuteronomy 4; 4.3. Freedom and Coercion in the Ancient and Modern Worlds; 4.3.1. YHWH''S Coercion of Israel; 4.3.2. Modern Ideas of Liberty: Positive and Negative; 4.3.3. Imposing Freedom on the World; 4.4. Conclusion; Chapter 5 REBELLION: TRAITORS IN YOUR MIDST; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Deuteronomy 13: Incitement to Idolatry; 5.2.1. Context, Structure, Unity, and Bounds 327 $a5.2.2. Exegesis5.3. The Anger of YHWH: National and Individual; 5.4. Modern Responses to Rebellion; 5.4.1. Dangerous Insiders; 5.4.2. Escalation to Military Action; 5.5. Conclusion; Chapter 6 THE HORRORS OF DESTRUCTION; 6.1. Deuteronomy 28: The Covenant Curses; 6.1.1. Context, Genre, Bounds, Unity, and Structure; 6.1.2. Exegesis: Blessings and Promises (28:1-14); 6.1.3. Exegesis: Curses and Threats (28:15-68); 6.2. Historical and Canonical Considerations; 6.2.1. The Function of Treaty Curse Lists; 6.2.2. Ancient Near Eastern Siege Warfare 327 $a6.2.3. Fulfillment of the Covenant Curses in the Old Testament Canon 330 $aThe goal of the work is a heuristic reading strategy for a modern reader to engage with YHWH''s threats against Israel in Deuteronomy. This goal is accomplished in three steps. First, the biblical text is considered through close reading to discern the logic of YHWH''s threats: what motivates the threats, what form the threats take, and what effect the threats expect to produce. Second, a modern analogy is sought that most helpfully matches the structure and logic observed in the biblical text. A number of common modern analogies for the divine-human relationship (e.g., parent-child, master-sl 410 0$aT & T Clark library of biblical studies. 410 0$aLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;$v511. 606 $aChristianity and politics 606 $aJudaism and politics 606 $aReligion and politics 615 0$aChristianity and politics. 615 0$aJudaism and politics. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 676 $a222.1506 676 $a222/.1506 700 $aBarrett$b Rob$g(Robert C.),$01237679 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910153149303321 996 $aDisloyalty and destruction$92872959 997 $aUNINA