- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 318 pages)
- Summary
- Hezekiah is a critical figure in the Hebrew Bible, which credits him with major political, social, and religious reforms in Judah's history and the weathering of a major crisis in the invasion of the Assyrians under their emperor, Sennacherib. Examining the different accounts of Hezekiah's reign in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah, Song-Mi Suzie Park describes a "Hezekiah complex" that developed over a long time, in which the figure of Hezekiah served as a symbol for the vicissitudes of Judah's history. The king could be understood as a positive reformer of the "pagan" ways of the country, or as a sinner, at least partly responsible for the threats and disasters that befell Judah, from Sennacherib's invasion through the Babylonian exile more than a century later. By showing how the stories about Hezekiah developed over time through a process of response and counterresponse, forming at the end a dialogue of memory, Park elucidates the ways in which biblical stories in general function as loci of continual dialogue, dispute, and discussion.
- Series Statement
- Emerging scholars
- Uniform Title
- Hezekiah and the dialogue of memory (Online)
- Emerging scholars.
- Alternative Title
- Hezekiah and the dialogue of memory (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Series statement from cover.
- Originally presented as the author's dissertation, Harvard University, 2010, under the title The development of the Hezekiah complex: Literature, history and theology.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-300) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The beginning of Hezekiah's reign and Sennacherib's attack in 2 Kings 18:1-19:9 -- The continuation of the Hezekiah complex in 2 Kings 19:9b-20:19: source B2, the tale of illness, and the visit of the envoys -- The Hezekiah complex in Isaiah 36-39 -- The Hezekiah complex in 2 Chronicles 29-32.
- LCCN
- 2017304926
- OCLC
- ssj0001551656
- Author
Park, Song-Mi Suzie.
- Title
Hezekiah and the dialogue of memory [electronic resource] / Song-Mi Suzie Park.
- Imprint
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2015]
- Series
Emerging scholars
Emerging scholars.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-300) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Chronological Term
953-586 B.C