| Divine Perogative and Royal Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David (2 Samuel 5.17-7.29) Contributor(s): Murray, Donald F. (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1850759308 ISBN-13: 9781850759300 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1998 Annotation: In this close reading of a text central to the story of David, the author, using the tools of linguistic pragmatics and poetics, exposes the text's promotion of a prophetic-based ideology, through a polemical rhetoric that polarizes David and Yahweh around the opposed notions of king (melek) and leader (nagid). He then goes on to analyse the context, in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology and in Samuel, for how the text develops this opposition, and finally reflects on its promulgation of the supreme mediacy of the prophetic word. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General - Religion | Wicca (see Also Body, Mind & Spirit - Witchcraft) |
| Dewey: 222.440 |
| LCCN: 98213141 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.82" W x 8.48" (1.5 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: In this close reading of a text central to the story of David, the author, using the tools of linguistic pragmatics and poetics, exposes the text's promotion of a prophetic-based ideology, through a polemical rhetoric that polarizes David and Yahweh around the opposed notions of king (melek) and leader (nagid). He then goes on to analyse the context, in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology and in Samuel, for how the text develops this opposition, and finally reflects on its promulgation of the supreme mediacy of the prophetic word. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Camp, Claudia V.: - 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. |