Joshua and the rhetoric of violence : a new historicist analysis

Joshua and the rhetoric of violence : a new historicist analysis / Lori L. Rowlett.

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 contex...

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Main Author: Rowlett, Lori L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1996.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 226.
Subjects:
Bible. > Joshua, I, 1-9 > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
War > Biblical teaching.
Violence in the Bible.
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
War > Religious aspects > Judaism
Violence > Religious aspects > Judaism
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Judaism
Violence in the Bible
War > Biblical teaching
Jozua (bijbelboek)
Geweld.
Groepen (sociologie)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY; Chapter 3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 4 DIVINE WARFARE; Chapter 5 THE CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE OF WAR IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Chapter 6 THE RHETORIC OF VIOLENCE IN JOSHUA 1.1-9; Chapter 7 THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTION OF [Omitted] IN THE TEXT; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.

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