Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence - Lori L. Rowlett

Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence

A New Historicist Analysis

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
202 Seiten
1996
Sheffield Academic Press (Verlag)
978-1-85075-627-9 (ISBN)
236,90 inkl. MwSt
'Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis draws on Foucault's principle that power is something exercised rather than merely possessed.

Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.9.1996
Reihe/Serie The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 300 g
Themenwelt Religion / Theologie Christentum Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10 1-85075-627-9 / 1850756279
ISBN-13 978-1-85075-627-9 / 9781850756279
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