Description
Book SynopsisKeith Bodner is Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in New Brunswick,Canada. He holds PhD degrees in biblical studies (University of Aberdeen) and English Literature (University of Manchester). He serves on the editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, and is a former section chair (Bakhtin and the Biblical Imagination) for the Society of Biblical Literature. His 2008 book
1 Samuel: A Narrative Commentary was awarded the R. B. Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, and his most recent book is
Jeroboam's Royal Drama (2012).
Trade ReviewThis volume contains a number of innovative and exciting readings of biblical texts, and would contain much to interest any student, pastor, or scholar. -- David J. Fuller, McMaster Divinity College, Canada * Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament *
Bodner’s volume will be of particular interest to biblical scholars working in the narratives of the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles. His attention to textual detail and thoroughgoing presentation of secondary literature are balanced with a characteristic, refreshing sense of vibrancy and humor. His analyses help the reader to catch a sense of the exciting possibilities that this ‘great work of art’ still hold (1). * The Journal of Religion *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part One: Textual Problems and Literary Analysis 1.Crime Scene Investigation: A Text-Critical Mystery and the Strange Death of Ishbosheth 2.The Locutions of 1 Kings 22:28: A New Proposal 3.The "Embarrassing Syntax" of Psalm 47:10: A (Pro)vocative Option Part Two: Readers of the Lost Ark 4. Ark-eology: Shifting Emphases in "Ark Narrative" Scholarship 5. Mouse Trap: A Text-Critical Problem with Rodents in the Ark Narrative
Part Three: Further Soundings 6. A Bad News Bearer: The Dramatic Fulfillment of a Prophetic Word about the Dissolution of a Priestly Line/7. Highway to Sheol: Seductive Speech and Promiscuous Places in Proverbs 7
Part Four: The World of Chronicles 8.The Royal Skull in a Temple of Doom: An Interpretation of 1 Chronicles 10:10 9.Abijah's Elevated Rhetoric and the Civil War of 2 Chronicles 13 10. Capital Punishment: The Configuration of Ahaziah's Last Hours in 2 Chronicles 22 Conclusion
