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EBOOK Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement:Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199913213
EAN: C4B565ECEB
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Stron: 216
Data wydania: 2011
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Chapters 22 and 23 of 2 Kings tell the story of the religious reforms of the        Judean King Josiah, who systematically destroyed the cult places and installations        where his own people worshipped in order to purify Israelite religion and        consolidate religious authority in the hands of the Jerusalem temple priests. This        violent assertion of Israelite identity is portrayed as a pivotal moment in the        development of monotheistic Judaism. Monroe argues that the use of cultic and ritual        language in the account of the reform is key to understanding the history of the        text's composition, and illuminates the essential, interrelated processes of textual        growth and identity construction in ancient Israel. Until now, however, none of the        scholarship on 2 Kings 22-23 has explicitly addressed the ritual dimensions of the        text. By attending to the specific acts of defilement attributed to Josiah as they        resonate within the larger framework of Israelite ritual, Monroe's work illuminates        aspects of the text's language and fundamental interests that have their closest        parallels in the priestly legal corpus known as the Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26),        as well as in other priestly texts that describe methods of eliminating        contamination. She argues that these priestly-holiness elements reflect an early        literary substratum that was generated close in time to the reign of Josiah, from        within the same priestly circles that produced the Holiness Code. The priestly        composition was reshaped in the hands of a post-Josianic, exilic or post-exilic        Deuteronomistic historian who transformed his source material to suit his own        ideological interests. The account of Josiah's reform is thus imprinted with the        cultural and religious attitudes of two different sets of authors. Teasing these        apart reveals a dialogue on sacred space, sanctified violence and the nature of        Israelite religion that was formative in the development not only of 2 Kings 23, but        of the historical books of the Bible more broadly.

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