The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : rereading the court history and its ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26

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    • Smith, Richard G. (Richard Grady)

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The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : rereading the court history and its ethics according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26

Richard G. Smith

（Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 508）（T & T Clark library of Biblical studies）

T & T Clark, c2009

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The fate of justice and righteousness during David's reign : narrative ethics and rereading the court history according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26

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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Cambridge, 2001) presented under the title: The figure of Joab and the fate of "justice and righteousness" during David's reign : rereading the so-called "court history" according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26

Bibliography: p. [242]-256

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Description

This work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish "justice and righteousness" during David's reign over all Israel. After an introductory chapter and a chapter on critical methodology the rest of the work is a close reading of 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 that pays special attention to narrative ethics. Chapter 3 makes a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 as a coherent literary unit reflecting an ethical world-view grounded in kindness and having as its main theme "the failure of justice and righteousness to be established during David's reign." Chapter 4 presents a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-10:19 as an account of the beginnings of justice and righteousness during David's reign in which David's kindness towards Mephibosheth is presented as analogous to a Mesopotamian royal declaration and wasperformed as an inaugural act of charity upon David's ascent to the throne.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Critical Methodology
  • Chapter 3: Justice and Righteousness as Ancient Near Eastern Ethical Ideal and Hermeneutical Construct
  • Chapter 4: Redefining the Court History as a Literary Unit according to 2 Samuel 8:15b-20:26
  • Chapter 5: Reading 2 Samuel 8:15b-10:19 as the Beginnings of Justice and Righteousness: David's Acts of Kindness and the Ammonite-Aramean War
  • Chapter 6: Reading 2 Samuel 11-12 as the Corruption of Justice and Righteousness: The Uriah Affair and the Fall of Rabbah
  • Chapter 7: Reading 2 Samuel 13:1-19:9[8] as the Perversion of Justice and Righteousness: The Absalom Affair
  • Chapter 8: Reading 2 Samuel 19:10[9]-20:26 as the Death of Justice and Righteousness: David's Return and Sheba's Secession
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion.

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