This volume presents a collection of essays aimed at further integration of literary analysis in the study of the Hebrew Bible. In three sections, Bodner studies a range of texts in order to illustrate that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the discipline, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles.
Beginning with a discussion of how literary analysis is a vital, yet neglected, component of textual criticism, Bodner then offers a sustained engagement with one particular section of the Hebrew Bible, the so-called "ark narrative" of 1 Samuel 4-6. Other areas of the Hebrew Bible are subsequently explored, including a sample of the historiographic material in the Deuteronomistic History and a lengthy text from the book of Proverbs. Part four turns to the often neglected books of 1 & 2 Chronicles, illustrating how the Chronicler's work is a congenial site for literary study. The assembled essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is a necessary component for biblical interpretation.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I -- TEXTUAL PROBLEMS AND LITERARY ANALYSIS
- Chapter 1. CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION: A TEXT-CRITICAL MYSTERY AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF ISHBOSHETH
- Chapter 2. THE LOCUTIONS OF 1 KINGS 22:28: A NEW PROPOSAL
- Chapter 3. THE “EMBARRASSING SYNTAX” OF PSALM 47:10: A (PRO)VOCATIVE OPTION
- Part II -- READERS OF THE LOST ARK
- Chapter 4. ARK-EOLOGY: SHIFTING EMPHASES IN “ARK NARRATIVE” SCHOLARSHIP
- Chapter 5. MOUSE TRAP: A TEXT-CRITICAL PROBLEM WITH RODENTS IN THE ARK NARRATIVE
- Part III -- FURTHER SOUNDINGS
- Chapter 6. JONATHAN SON OF ABIATHAR: THE FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHETIC WORD ABOUT THE DISSOLUTION OF A PRIESTLY LINE
- Chapter 7. HIGHWAY TO SHEOL: SEDUCTIVE SPEECH AND PROMISCUOUS PLACES IN PROVERBS 7
- Part IV -- THE WORLD OF CHRONICLES
- Chapter 8. THE ROYAL SKULL IN A TEMPLE OF DOOM: AN INTERPRETATION OF 1 CHRONICLES 10:10
- Chapter 9. ABIJAH’S ELEVATED RHETORIC AND THE CIVIL WAR OF 2 CHRONICLES 13
- Chapter 10. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: THE CONFIGURATION OF AHAZIAH’S LAST HOURS IN 2 CHRONICLES
- CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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