Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement : Israelite rites of violence and the making of a biblical text /

Lauren Monroe argues that the use of cultic and ritual language in the account of the Judean King Josiah's reforms in 2 Kings 22-23 is key to understanding the history of the text's composition, and illuminates the essential, interrelated processes of textual growth and identity constructi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Monroe, Lauren A. S.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:	Oxford scholarship online. Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:	Josiah, > King of Judah. Bible. > Kings, 2nd, XXII-XXIII > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. > Leviticus, XVII-XXVI. Josiah, > King of Judah Bible. > Leviticus, XVII-XXVI Jews > History > To 586 B.C. > Historiography. Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) Violence in the Bible. Juifs > Histoire > Jusqu'à 586 av. J.-C. > Historiographie. Histoire deutéronomiste (Critique biblique) Violence dans la Bible. RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament. Jews > Historiography Violence in the Bible To 586 B.C. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

Destructive rituals and the creative process: the dynamics of defilement in 2 kings 23
Priestly rites of elimination and the holiness : core of 2 Kings 23:4-20
Herem ideology and the politics of destruction: Josiah's reform in Deuteronomistic perspective
The mechanics of transformation: the holiness substratum and Deuteronomistic revision of 2 Kings 23:4-20
Literary, historiographic, and historical implications.