| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) |
| Contents |
Devouring parables : introductory issues -- Devouring parables : Jotham's parabolic curse in Judges 9 -- Overallegorizing and other Davidic misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11-12 -- Changing face and saving face : parabolic petitions in 2 Samuel 14 -- Grasping the conflict : Ahab's negotiation of conflicts and parables in 1 Kings 20 -- Intellectual weapons : the parable's function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25 -- Conclusions and implications for the study of Hebrew Bible parables |
| Summary |
Schipper examines the intimate relationship between parables and conflict in the Hebrew Bible. Challenging the scholarly consensus, he argues that parables do not function as appeals to change their audience's behavior |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Parables.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013774
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Parables
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511534508 |
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0511534507 |
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9780511576836 |
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0511576838 |
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9781107407541 |
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1107407540 |
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9780511532030 |
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0511532032 |
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