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The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Band Volume 396)

By Jeremy M. Hutton

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
311020410X, 9783110204100
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3025589 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
468\468
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The biblical imagery surrounding Jordan River crossings is the product of a complex process of development. This study analyzes several passages in the Former Prophets (Josh.-2 Kings) from a literary perspective, and argues that the text presents Transjordan as liminal in Israel??s history. The study then traces the process of redactional development in Samuel-Kings that led to this literary symbolism, and proposes a hypothesis featuring the repeated updating of texts, beginning early in Israel??s monarchy and continuing until the final formation of the Deuteronomistic History.

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