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1 online resource (203 pages) |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Oxford scholarship online. Religion module
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| Contents |
Destructive rituals and the creative process: the dynamics of defilement in 2 kings 23 -- Priestly rites of elimination and the holiness : core of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Herem ideology and the politics of destruction: Josiah's reform in Deuteronomistic perspective -- The mechanics of transformation: the holiness substratum and Deuteronomistic revision of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Literary, historiographic, and historical implications |
| Summary |
Chapters 22 and 23 of 2 Kings tell the story of the religious reforms of the Judean King Josiah, who systematically destroyed the cult places and installations where his own people worshipped in order to purify Israelite religion and consolidate religious authority in the hands of the Jerusalem temple priests. This is a study of the text |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-198) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Josiah, King of Judah.
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| SUBJECT |
Josiah, King of Judah fast |
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Bible. Kings, 2nd, XXII-XXIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Leviticus, XVII-XXVI. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008007208
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Bible. Leviticus, XVII-XXVI fast |
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Jews -- History -- To 586 B.C. -- Historiography
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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Violence in the Bible.
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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Historiography
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Violence in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199774166 |
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0199774161 |
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9780199897377 |
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0199897379 |
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