| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) |
| Series |
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ; 564 |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 564.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Chosen place and chosen city -- "Centralization" in Deuteronomy 12 -- "Jerusalem" in the Former Prophets -- The cultic context of the "chosen place" -- "Centralization" and the story of Josiah's reform : is Deuteronomy 12 central to Josiah? -- Divine election as a principle of authority -- Kings revisited : kingship in Deuteronomy and the Former Prophets -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
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, thi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Josiah, King of Judah.
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Josiah, King of Judah |
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Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
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Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Deuteronomy -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013781
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Bible. Former Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002835
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Bible. Kings, 2nd, XXII-XXIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Deuteronomy fast |
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Bible. Former Prophets fast |
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
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Jerusalem in the Bible
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Jerusalem -- In the Bible.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472550279 |
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1472550277 |
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9780567376329 |
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056737632X |
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