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Authors Of The Deuteronomistic History

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Contents:
Preface
Part 1: The Deuteronomistic History: An Introduction To Issues Of Authorship, Date, And Influences
1: The Deuteronomistic History Since Martin Noth
2: The Deuteronomist(s) According To Noth: An Assessment
3: Deuteronomy As The Linchpin To The Deuteronomistic History
4: Grammatical Constructions Showing Later Editing In The Deuteronomistic History
Part 2: An Analysis Of The Texts
5: The Editing Of The Book Of Deuteronomy
6: The Editing Of The Book Of Joshua
7: The Book Of Judges: An Apology For Kingship
8: 1 Samuel: History Vs. Polemic
9: 2 Samuel: The Apology Continues: David’s Fall From Grace
10: 1 And 2 Kings
11: Conclusions
Appendix: Character Parallels Between Saul, Ishbosheth, And The Judges

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Peterson engages one of the most enduring controversies in current critical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible, the identities and provenances of the authors of the various “editions” of the Deuteronomistic History. Critically reviewing the presuppositions of scholars reaching back to Martin Noth, and using careful analysis of motif and characterization at each redactional level in each book of the Deuteronomistic History, Peterson asks where we might locate a figure with both motive and opportunity to draw up a proto-narrative including elements of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and the first part of 1 Kings.

Posing his questions in the form of a “Whodunit?” Peterson identifies a particular candidate in the time of David who had both knowledge and a theological and political agenda, qualified to write the first edition. He then extends the method to identify the particular circle who became the custodians of the Deuteronomistic narrative and supplies successive redactions, informed by the original formative vision, down to the time of Jeremiah. Careful argumentation yields surprising results at each stage.

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SKU (ISBN): 9781451469967
ISBN10: 1451469969
Brian Peterson
Binding: Trade Paper
Published: September 2014
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers – 1517 Media

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