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Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement Israelite rites of violence and the making of a biblical text

Title
Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement [electronic resource] : Israelite rites of violence and the making of a biblical text / Lauren A. S. Monroe.
Author
Monroe, Lauren A. S.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 203 p.)
Uniform Title
Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement (Online)
Alternative Title
Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement (Online)
Subject
  • Josiah, King of Judah
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible
  • Jews > History > Historiography. > To 586 B.C
  • Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism)
  • Violence in the Bible
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-198) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Destructive rituals and the creative process: the dynamics of defilement in 2 kings 23 -- Priestly rites of elimination and the holiness : core of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Herem ideology and the politics of destruction: Josiah's reform in Deuteronomistic perspective -- The mechanics of transformation: the holiness substratum and Deuteronomistic revision of 2 Kings 23:4-20 -- Literary, historiographic, and historical implications.
LCCN
2010029059
OCLC
ssj0000530450
Author
Monroe, Lauren A. S.
Title
Josiah's reform and the dynamics of defilement [electronic resource] : Israelite rites of violence and the making of a biblical text / Lauren A. S. Monroe.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-198) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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