Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible / edited by Brad E. Kelle and Brent A. Strawn.

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Kelle, Brad E., 1973-
• Strawn, Brent A.

Description

xx, 589 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

"The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible offers 36 essays on the so-called 'Historical Books': Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1-2 Chronicles. The essays are organized around four nodes: contexts, content, approaches, and reception. Each essay takes up two questions: (1) what does the topic/area/issue have to do with the Historical Books? and (2) how does this topic/area/issue help readers better interpret the Historical Books? The essays engage traditional theories and newer updates to the same, and also engage the textual traditions themselves which are what give rise to compositional analyses. Many essays model approaches that move in entirely different ways altogether, however, whether those are by attending to synchronic, literary, theoretical, or reception aspects of the texts at hand. The contributions range from text-critical issues to ancient historiography, state formation and development, ancient Near Eastern contexts, society and economy, political theory, violence studies, orality, feminism, postcolonialism, and trauma theory-among others. Taken together, these essays well represent the variety of options available when it comes to gathering, assessing, and interpreting these particular biblical books"--

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Subjects

• Bible > Historical Books > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Part I contexts : sources, history, texts -- Part II content : themes, concepts, issues -- Part III approaches : composition, synthesis, theory -- Part IV reception : literature, traditions, figures.

Call Number

BS1205.52

ISBN

• 9780190261160
• 0190261161

LCCN

2020018914

OCLC

1159624672

Title

The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible / edited by Brad E. Kelle and Brent A. Strawn.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Kelle, Brad E., 1973- editor.

Strawn, Brent A., editor.

Other Form:

Online version: The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190074111 (DLC) 2020018915

Research Call Number

Desk-JWS BS1205.52 .O94 2020