Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty: Zion and Gerizim in Competition

by Ingrid Hjelm, Andrew Mein (Editor), Claudia V. Camp (Editor)

Overview

Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18-20 as a focus. She argues that this narrative is taken from that of the book of Isaiah, with which it shares linguistic and thematic elements. In Kings, it is used with the specific purpose of breaking the compositional pattern of curse, which threatens to place Jerusalem on a par with Samaria.

Jerusalem traditions are examined against theories of a late Yahwist author and the Pentateuch's origin within a Jerusalem cult. While the Pentateuch in its final form became a common work, acceptable to all groups because of its implied ambiguity, the Deuteronomistic History's favoring of David and Jerusalem holds a rejection of competitive groups as its implied argument.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567080851
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/2004
Series:	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies , #404
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Andrew Mein is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Durham, UK.

Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.