Narrative History And Ethnic Boundaries
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AcknowledgmentsCh. IIntroduction: The Purpose and Parameters of the Approach1Ch. IIAthaliah: History and Its Legitimation - Or Recreating a Past19IThe Reign of Athaliah - A Reconstruction21IIThe Deuteronomistic Narrative - Its Roles, Purposes, and Functions32IIIThe Deuteronomistic Writer - Position, Place, and Function37IVWhat to do with Athaliah?47VSummary Observations - Directions for Further Investigations52Ch. IIIDeuteronomy and the Definition of Israel55IThe Formation of Israelite Identity55IIThe Creation of Ethnic Distinctiveness63IIIThe Ritual Realization of the Community76Ch. IVJoshua: The Reinvention and Reconfirmation of Ethnic Identity87IBackground to the History87IIIdentity through Covenantal Ritual Reenactment100IIIThe Conquest of the Land through Ritual Realization107Ch. VJudges: From Unification and Identity to Civil War and Communal Dissolution121IModifying the Perspective: The Recreation of a Context121IIReaction and Redress: The Establishment of a Pattern (2:1-3:11)130IIIThe Initial Conflicts and their Results: Ehud to Abimelek137IVThe End of an Era: Tola to Samson152Ch. VIThe Necessity for a New Order163IThe Necessity for a New Order163IIPriestly Failures: An Unknown Levite and the Destruction of Community165IIIFrom the Priestly to the Prophetic: Eli and Samuel180IVThe Transition to a New Order: Samuel and Saul196Ch. VIIThe Golden Age Created: The Ideal Realized209IThe Symbol of Kingship209IIThe Rejection of Saul and the Choice of David215IIIDavid and Saul: From Rejected Prototype to Recreated Model - The Symbolic Integration of the Ideal Israel229IVDavid and Nathan: The Unconditional Promise of Perpetuity242Ch. VIIIThe Golden Age Lost: The Paradox Recreated249IDavid and Solomon: The Unconditional Conditionalized249IISolomon and Jeroboam: The Power of the Paradox - History and Ideology258IIIRehoboam to Jehoiachin: Lessons Provided and Lessons Ignored - Ideology and History266Ch. IXPostscript: The Exile and the Exile of the Future283Selected Bibliography287Biblical Passages Cited301Author Index325General Index329
