Approaches to the 'Chosen Place'
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Approaches to the 'Chosen Place'

Accessing a Biblical Concept

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eBook - PDF

Approaches to the 'Chosen Place'

Accessing a Biblical Concept

About this book

Deuteronomy's command to restrict cultic practice to one "chosen place" has occupied a central position in scholars' understandings of the book and their reconstruction of Israelite political and religious history. The debates about the date of Deuteronomy, its proposed connections to "Josiah's reform", and, most profoundly, the "Deuteronomistic History (DH) hypothesis" have dominated study of the idea of "chosen place". These debates have, to a large extent, determined how we read Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets in general. Through a reading of key texts from these corpora, this book provides a new, textually grounded, perspective of the "chosen place."

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Yes, you can access Approaches to the 'Chosen Place' by Rannfrid I. Thelle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Biblical Criticism & Interpretation. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780567547149
eBook ISBN
9780567376329
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
  5. The “Chosen Place” in the Book of Deuteronomy
  6. The Place of the “Chosen Place” in Scholarship on Deuteronomy
  7. Approaching the “Chosen Place”
  8. The “Chosen Place” in Deuteronomy, the Pentateucha nd in the Former Prophets: Outline of the Content of the Chapters
  9. Chapter 2. CHOSEN PLACE AND CHOSEN CITY
  10. The “Centralization Formula”: Some Remarks on Scholarship
  11. The Chosen Place in Deuteronomy
  12. The Chosen City, Jerusalem
  13. Conclusions
  14. Chapter 3. “CENTRALIZATION” IN DEUTERONOMY 12
  15. Centralization and Chosen Place in Scholarship on Deuteronomy 12
  16. A Reading of Deuteronomy 12
  17. Centralization Affirmed
  18. Chapter 4. “JERUSALEM” IN THE FORMER PROPHETS
  19. Jerusalem in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel
  20. Jerusalem in 2 Samuel
  21. Jerusalem in the Book of Kings
  22. Summary and Conclusions
  23. Chapter 5. THE CULTIC CONTEXT OF THE “CHOSEN PLACE”
  24. The Pentateuch
  25. Cult and Ritual in the Former Prophets
  26. Conclusions
  27. Chapter 6. “CENTRALIZATION” AND THE STORY OF JOSIAH’S REFORM: IS DEUTERONOMY 12 CENTRAL TO JOSIAH?
  28. Scholarship on Josiah’s Reform: Some Remarks
  29. 2 Kings 22: The Book-Finding Story
  30. The Covenant Renewal Ceremony in 2 Kings 23:1–3
  31. Josiah’s Reform in 2 Kings 23:4–20
  32. Josiah’s Passover
  33. Summary and Discussion
  34. Conclusions
  35. Chapter 7. DIVINE ELECTION AS A PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY
  36. Election in the Pentateuch
  37. The Election of Israel in Deuteronomy
  38. Election of “Place” in Deuteronomy
  39. Divine Election in Other Parts of the Bible
  40. Conclusion
  41. Chapter 8. KINGS REVISITED: KINGSHIP IN DEUTERONOMY AND THE FORMER PROPHETS
  42. Descriptions of Kings and Kingship in the Former Prophets
  43. The Evaluation of Kings in Samuel and Kings
  44. The Law of the King in Deuteronomy 17:14–20
  45. Discussion of Kingship in Scholarly Debate: An Illustration of the Problems
  46. Chapter 9. CONCLUSIONS
  47. Final Thoughts
  48. Bibliography
  49. Index of References
  50. Index of Authors