The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History

Jeremy M. Hutton

Published by De Gruyter 2009

The Transjordanian Palimpsest

The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile and Transformation in the Deuteronomistic History

Jeremy M. Hutton

Volume 396 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110212761

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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 may be isolated, including three narratives of Saul’s rise, two distinct histories of David’s rise, and a court history that was subsequently revised with pro-Solomonic additions. These texts had been combined already in a Prophetic Record during the 9th c. B.C.E. (with A. F. Campbell), which was received as an integrated unit by the Deuteronomistic Historian. The symbolic geography of the Jordan River and Transjordan, which even extends into the New Testament, was therefore not the product of a deliberate theological formulation, but rather the accidental by-product of the contingency of textual redaction that had as its main goal the historical presentation of Israel’s life in the land.

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Jeremy M. Hutton, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
1. Echoes of the Past and Topos as Text: The Transjordanian Motif and Landscape Criticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Exiles and Textiles: Transjordan in History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Vexed Texts: Sources of the Deuteronomistic History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4. Royal Apology and Scribalism in Iron Age Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
5. Of Success and Succession Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
6. The Mystery of the History of David’s Rise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
7. The Narrative(s) of Saul’s Rise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
8. Conclusion: A Composite Motif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	364
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 450
Keywords: Old Testament; Jordan River; Geographical Perception; Deuteronomistic History

eBook

Published: June 2, 2009
ISBN: 9783110212761

Hardcover

Published: June 17, 2009
ISBN: 9783110204100