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Representing the past : a literary analysis of narrative historiography in the book of Samuel / by Rachelle Gilmour.

By: Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 143.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004203419
  • 9004203419
Other title:
  • Literary analysis of narrative historiography in the book of Samuel
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Representing the past.DDC classification:
  • 222/.4067 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1325.6.H65 G54 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Causation -- Meaning and significance -- Moral, political and theological evaluation -- Coherence and contradictions -- Conclusion.
Summary: Eschewing both so-called minimalist and maximalist readings, this volume advocates an understanding of the book of Samuel as ancient narrative historiography that must be understood according to its own conception and ideology of history before being judged as a historical source. This study shows how narrative strategies and literary embellishment, unaccustomed in modern historiography, are used to express familiar historical concepts such as causation, meaning and evaluation of the past. The requirements for historical accuracy within the book 's cultural milieu are investigated through anal.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and indexes.

Introduction -- Causation -- Meaning and significance -- Moral, political and theological evaluation -- Coherence and contradictions -- Conclusion.

Eschewing both so-called minimalist and maximalist readings, this volume advocates an understanding of the book of Samuel as ancient narrative historiography that must be understood according to its own conception and ideology of history before being judged as a historical source. This study shows how narrative strategies and literary embellishment, unaccustomed in modern historiography, are used to express familiar historical concepts such as causation, meaning and evaluation of the past. The requirements for historical accuracy within the book 's cultural milieu are investigated through anal.

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