The Violent Gift
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The Violent Gift

Trauma's Subversion of the Deuteronomistic History's Narrative

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Violent Gift

Trauma's Subversion of the Deuteronomistic History's Narrative

About this book

The Violent Gift traces the narrative of the exilic author of the Deuteronomistic History, a narrative that provides an explanation for the trauma that the Judean community in Babylon suffered. As the book follows this explanation through the History, however, it also reads Dtr through the lens of trauma theory. Massive psychic trauma is not something that can be captured within narrative explanation, and trauma intrudes into the narrative's explanation of the exiles' trauma. Trauma challenges the claims upon which the narrative's explanation is based, thus subverting this attempt to make sense of the exile. The author argues that we can trace a single, coherent narrative throughout the Deuteronomistic History that is an attempt to explain to its original readers why the exile occurred. The narrative offers two reasons for the exile, and these form the two main themes of Dtr's narrative: the people failed in their covenantal loyalty to God; and their leadership also failed to enforce this loyalty. These themes can be traced consistently through all of the component books of the History.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780567323354
eBook ISBN
9780567228406
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Abbreviations
  3. Chapter 1. THE VIOLENT GIFT: TRAUMA’S ABSENCE AND PRESENCE IN THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY
  4. A. The Trauma of Destruction and Exile
  5. B. The Unity and Exilic Dating of Dtr
  6. Chapter 2. TRAUMA THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY
  7. A. The Study of Trauma in Mental Health Fields
  8. B. The Literary Study of Trauma
  9. C. Trauma and the Master Narrative of the Deuteronomistic History
  10. Chapter 3. DEUTERONOMY: THE UNCANNY BEGINNING OF TRAUMA
  11. A. Law and Leadership: Dtr’s Master Narrative in Deuteronomy
  12. B. The Uncanny Beginning of Trauma
  13. Chapter 4. JOSHUA: GOD’S FAILURE AND INJUSTICE
  14. A. The Master Narrative: Joshua’s Failure and Israel’s Land
  15. B. The Traumatic Intrusions: God’s Failure and Injustice
  16. Chapter 5. JUDGES: TRAUMA AS THE ESSENCE OF HISTORY
  17. A. The Master Narrative in Judges: Israel’s Culticand Leadership Failures
  18. B. Trauma as the Essence of History in Judges
  19. Chapter 6. SAMUEL: THE TRAUMATIC TRIUMPH OF INJUSTICE
  20. A. The Master Narrative: Failures of Leadership
  21. B. God, Saul, and Israel: A Traumatic Rejection of Justice
  22. C. God and David: The Traumatic Triumph of Injustice
  23. Chapter 7. KINGS: THE END OF NARRATIVE
  24. A. Dtr’s Master Narrative and Its Collapse in Kings
  25. B. The Traumatic End of Narrative in Kings
  26. Chapter 8. CONCLUSION: TRAUMA AND THE SUBVERSION OF DTR’S NARRATIVE
  27. Index of References
  28. Index of Authors