Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence: A New Historicist Analysis'Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis draws on Foucault's principle that power is something exercised rather than merely possessed. |
Contents
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Chapter 3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT | 30 |
Chapter 4 DIVINE WARFARE | 49 |
Chapter 5 THE CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE OF WAR IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST | 71 |
Chapter 6 THE RHETORIC OF VIOLENCE IN JOSHUA 119 | 121 |
Chapter 7 THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTION OF Omitted IN THE TEXT | 156 |
Chapter 8 CONCLUSION | 181 |
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Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence: A New Historicist Analysis Lori L. Rowlett Limited preview - 1996 |
Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence: A New Historicist Analysis Lori L. Rowlett Limited preview - 1996 |
Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence: A New Historicist Analysis Lori L. Rowlett No preview available - 1996 |
Common terms and phrases
Achan Amun Ancient Egyptian Literature ancient Near East ancient Near Eastern ANET Arbela argues Arinna army Ashur Ashurbanipal Assyrian battle reports Bible biblical Book of Joshua boundaries central Chapter Chemosh command conquered conquest narrative critics defeat deity Deut Deuteronomistic History discussion divine intervention divine presence divine warrior Dtr's emphasis enemies Esarhaddon example exhortation exilic fear fighting Gibeonites goddess Greenblatt Hebrew Hebrew Bible hiphil Hittite holy human ideology inscriptions installation genre Ishtar Israel Josh King Josiah land language leader Lichtheim literary Lohfink lord Mayes McCarthy military monarchy Moses motif national identity Nelson Ninlil Ninurta oracle parallels passage phrase piel political present prophetic Rahab redaction rhetoric of violence ritual role Rwala says schema scholars Shalmaneser III similar Smend stories take possession terminology theological theory Transjordanians tribes troops Ugaritic verb of motion victory war oracle warfare Weinfeld Weippert words Yahweh