Hutton, Jeremy Michael. <br/><br/>
The Transjordanian palimpsest :  the overwritten texts of personal exile and transformation in the Deuteronomistic history / 
Jeremy M. Hutton. 
 - Berlin ;  New York :  Walter de Gruyter,  ©2009. 
 - 1 online resource (xvii, 449 pages). 
 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;  Bd. 396 .
 - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;  396. .
<br/><br/> Significantly Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-419) and index. 
<br/><br/>Echoes of the past and topos as text -- Exiles and textiles : Transjordan in history -- Vexed texts : sources of the Deuteronomistic history -- Royal apology and scribalism in iron age Israel -- Of success and succession -- The mystery of the history of David's rise -- The narrative(s) of Saul's rise -- Conclusion: A composite motif. 
<br/><br/> This study analyzes several passages in the Former Prophets (2 Sam 19:12-44; 2 Kgs 2:1-18; Judg 8:4-28) from a literary perspective, and argues that the text presents Transjordan as liminal in Israel's history, a place from which Israel's leaders return with inaugurated or renewed authority. It then traces the redactional development of Samuel-Kings that led to this literary symbolism, and proposes a hypothesis of continual updating and combination of texts, beginning early in Israel's monarchy and continuing until the final formation of the Deuteronomistic History. Several source documents ma. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110212761 3110212765 1282187597 9781282187597 311020410X 9783110204100 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>218759  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Historical Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Historiography.<br/>Bible.--Historical Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Historiography.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Historiography.<br/>Bible.--Historical Books.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.<br/>Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)<br/>Historiography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jordan River.<br/>Jordan--History.<br/>Jordan.<br/>Middle East--Jordan River.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1199.J5  / H88 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.4