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1 online resource |
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Oxford theology and religion monographs |
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Oxford theology and religion monographs.
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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.
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SUBJECT |
Josiah, King of Judah fast |
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Bible. Kings, 1st -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Kings, 2nd -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Kings, 1st fast |
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Bible. Kings, 2nd fast |
Subject |
Ethics in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Ethics in the Bible
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Judaism.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191768071 |
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0191768073 |
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9780191002861 |
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0191002860 |
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