Parables and conflict in the Hebrew Bible

Schipper, Jeremy.

Parables and conflict in the Hebrew Bible [electronic resource] / Jeremy Schipper. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiv, 168 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-158) and indexes.

Devouring parables : introductory issues -- Devouring parables : Jotham's parabolic curse in Judges 9 -- Overallegorizing and other Davidic misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11-12 -- Changing face and saving face : parabolic petitions in 2 Samuel 14 -- Grasping the conflict : Ahab's negotiation of conflicts and parables in 1 Kings 20 -- Intellectual weapons : the parable's function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25 -- Conclusions and implications for the study of Hebrew Bible parables.


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9780511534508 (electronic bk.) 0511534507 (electronic bk.)


Bible.--O.T.--Parables.
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Electronic books.

BS1199.P3 / S35 2009eb

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