دانلود کتاب A Kingdom for a Stage: Political and Theological Reflection in the Hebrew Bible (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament)

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Cover\nForeword\nTable of Contents\nChapter 1: The Limits and Promise of Israelite Political Reflection\n The Key Questions and Concerns\n Current Research\n Materials for Research\n Methods and Approaches\n Ars Rhetorica\n Onward, Then!\nChapter 2: Kingship in Chiaroscuro\n Narratives of Kingship\n Rituals of Kingship\n The Case of King Uzziah\n The Case of King Ahaz\n Findings\n Monumentalism and Political Reflection\n Selected Major Sites\n Temples in Jerusalem and Elsewhere as Monuments to Legitimacy\n Conclusions\nChapter 3: Finding order in history: The Case of the Deuteronomists\n The Aims and Processes of the Deuteronomistic History\n The Story Behind the Narrative\n Ancient Historiography\n Reception History, or the Relecture of the Deuteronomistic History\n Periodization and the Deuteronomistic History\n The Meaning of the Examples\n Conclusions\nChapter 4: The Rhetoric of Adventure: Lessons from Deuteronomy and Gilgamesh\n Gilgamesh III as Political Rhetoric\n Deuteronomy 1:19–46\n The Speeches in the Wilderness\n The Speech on the Plains of Moab\n Implications\nChapter 5: Elites and Social Climbers\n The Dossier on Nabal\n David as Rhetor during a Gift-exchange\n Nabal as Rhetor and Gift-refuser\n Abigail as Arbiter of Male Contestation\n The Narrator as Reporter on Elites\n The Dossier on Barzillai\n Conclusions\nChapter 6: Lost Kings and Lost Fields in Isaiah 32\n Reflections on Kingship in the Ancient Near East\n Kingship in the Isaiah Tradition\n The King Who Reigns in Righteousness (32:1–8)\n Is the text coherent?\n How the text works as rhetoric\n Imagined Monarchy\n On the Reclamation of Words (32:9–14)\n Coherence and argumentation\n The Ethos of the Prophet Calling to Lament\n On the Reclamation of Life (32:15–20)\n Arguments for a Post-destruction State\n An Argument for Royal Reclamation, in Both Senses\n Conclusions and Prospects\nChapter 7: Yhwh’s Cosmic Estate: Politics in Second Isaiah\n The Politics of Display as Identity-Formation\n Narrative-making\n The Gaze\n Mental Geography\n Conclusions\nChapter 8: Elite Lives: Job 29–31 and Traditional Authority\n The Social Location of the Character Job\n A World of Order, Status, and Legitimacy\n A World of Disorder, and Illegitimacy\n Seeking New Legitimacy\n Conclusions\nChapter 9: Prosperity and Kingship in Psalms and Inscriptions\n Ginsberg and Miller Revisited\n Prosperity as a Trope in Selected First-Millennium Inscriptions\n Kilamuwa of Samᵓal\n The Case of the Kings of Suḫu\n The Case of Mesha of Moab\n Royal Benefaction in the Israelite Psalms\n The Case of Psalm 72\n Conclusions\nChapter 10: 11QTemple 57–59, Ps.-Aristeas 187–300, and Second Temple Period Political Theory\n The Aims of Kingship\n The King as Moral Exemplar and Wise Man in Ps.-Aristeas\n The King as Warrior Under Restraint in Temple Scroll\n Conclusions\nChapter 11: Retrospects and Prospects\nAcknowledgements\nWorks Cited Abbreviations\nBibliography\nBiblical References\nIndex of Authors