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Author Chun, Sungmin Min, 1970- author.

Title Ethics and biblical narrative : a literary and discourse-analytical approach to the story of Josiah / S. Min Chun
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford theology and religion monographs
Oxford theology and religion monographs.
Contents Old Testament narrative and ethics. The object and the task of Old Testament ethics -- A survey of previous works focusing on their treatment of narratives in the Old Testament -- Old Testament narrative ethics : current scene and a proposal -- Discourse analysis for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative. Defining discourse analysis -- Benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- Evaluation : direct benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- Examples. Two short examples : Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:21-5) and Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:13-16) -- Extended example : an ethical commentary on the story of Josiah in 2 Kings 22:1-23:30 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : verbal constructions of 2 Kings 22:1-23:30
Summary S. Min Chun discusses how to read Old Testament narrative from an ethical perspective. He employs a linguistic and literary approach to Biblical interpretation, using close study of the narrative of Josiah in the book of Kings, and argues that such an approach makes the most of the genre-characteristics of Old Testament narrative
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 23, 2014)
Subject Josiah, King of Judah.
SUBJECT Josiah, King of Judah fast
Bible. Kings, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Kings, 2nd -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Kings, 1st fast
Bible. Kings, 2nd fast
Subject Ethics in the Bible.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Judaism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191768071
0191768073
9780191002861
0191002860