Deuteronomy-Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation

by Diana V. Edelman

Overview

International scholars uniquely focus on why the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings encapsulated emerging Jewish identity for readers in the Persian and Hellenistic periods, and how those readers used the past to address the present and future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589839137
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	03/05/2014
Series:	Ancient Near East Monographs
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Diana Vikander Edelman is a visiting scholar (2013-2014) at Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix

Introduction Diana V. Edelman 1

The Authority of Deuteronomy Philip R. Davies 27

Rereading Deuteronomy in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods: The Ethics of Brotherhood and the Care of the Poor Christoph Levin 49

Why "Joshua"? E. Axel Knauf 73

The Case of Joshua Serge Frolov 85

Who Was Interested in the Book of Judges in the Persian-Hellenistic Periods? Yairah Amit 103

Memories Laid to Rest: The Book of Judges in the Persian Period Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher 115

1-2 Samuel and Jewish Paideia in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods Thomas M. Bolin 133

What Made the Books of Samuel Authoritative in the Discourses of the Persian Period? Reflections on the Legal Discourse in 2 Samuel 14 Klaus-Peter Adam 159

The Case of the Book of Kings Thomas Römer 187

On the Authority of Dead Kings James R. Linville 203

Contributors 223

Bibliography 225

Primary Sources Index 257

Modern Authors Index 273

Subject Index 279