TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilmour,Rachelle
TI  - Representing the past: a literary analysis of narrative historiography in the book of Samuel 
T2  - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
SN  - 9789004203419
AV  - BS1325.6.H65 G54 2011eb
U1  - 222/.4067 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Bible
KW  - Samuel
KW  - Criticism, Narrative
KW  - History of Biblical events
KW  - Historiography
KW  - fast
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - 1200-953 B.C
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and indexes; Introduction -- Causation -- Meaning and significance -- Moral, political and theological evaluation -- Coherence and contradictions -- Conclusion
N2  - 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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