Divine Perogative and Royal Pretension

1998-09-01

Yet if a persuasive challenge to the alleged divine legitimation of such prerogatived authority, in whole or in part, can be mounted, then those elements of the prerogative whose legitimacy are thereby demolished are shown up as nothing ...

Author: Donald F. Murray

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9780567231017

Category: Religion

Page: 350

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In this close reading of a text central to the story of David, the author, using the tools of linguistic pragmatics and poetics, exposes the text's promotion of a prophetic-based ideology, through a polemical rhetoric that polarizes David and Yahweh around the opposed notions of king (melek) and leader (nagid). He then goes on to analyse the context, in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology and in Samuel, for how the text develops this opposition, and finally reflects on its promulgation of the supreme mediacy of the prophetic word.
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God and Earthly Power

2008-09-30

The same designation recurs at key moments in the story of royal rule, as when David is acclaimed by 'all the ... Donald F. Murray, Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension (JSOTSup, 264; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), p.

Author: J. G. McConville

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9780567045706

Category: Religion

Page: 213

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Compares perspectives from critical methodologies in Old Testament study with perspectives from the history of interpretation of key Old Testament political texts
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Melchizedek Passages in the Bible

2016-04-06

See his Divine Prerogative, 131-32. In our judgment, Murray is misguided by his overall thesis of ‟divine prerogative and royal pretension,” which is how he interprets 2 Samuel 6-7. 359 Cf. Eslinger, House of God, 23-24, ...

Author: Chan Alan KamYau

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

ISBN: 9783110440096

Category: Religion

Page: 274

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Melchizedek is a mysterious figure to many people. Adopting discourse analysis and text-linguistic approaches, Chan attempts to tackle the Melchizedek texts in Genesis 14, Psalm 110, and Hebrews 5-7. This seminal study illustrates how the mysterious figure is understood and interpreted by later biblical writers, "... Using the “blessing” motif as a framework, Chan also argues that Numbers 22-24, 2 Samuel 7 and the Psalter: Books I-V (especially Psalms 1-2) provide a reading paradigm of interpreting Psalm 110. In addition, the structure of Hebrews provides a clue to how the author interprets the Old Testament texts.
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The Body Royal

2005-11-01

Murray, Donald F., Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David (2 Samuel 5.17–7.29) (JSOTSS 264; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, ...

Author: Mark W. Hamilton

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789047415435

Category: Religion

Page: 335

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This book rethinks the problem of Israelite kingship by examining how the male royal body and its self-presentation figured in the governance of the dual monarchies of Israel and Judah. As such, this is a reopening of old questions and an opening to new ones.
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Isaiah 40 66

2009

571 D. F. Murray, Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David (2 Samuel 5.17–7.29), JSOTSup 264 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), 288–90.

Author: Gary V. Smith

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780805401448

Category: Religion

Page: 780

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The widely heralded New American Commentary series continues with this second volume on the Old Testament book of Isaiah, detailing God's intimacy and grandeur.
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Topic Focus and Foreground in Ancient Hebrew Narratives

1999-08-01

... Mishnah William Paul Griffin, The God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action Josette Elayi and Jean Sapin, ... Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics, and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David (2 ...

Author: Jean-Marc Heimerdinger

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9780567057945

Category: Religion

Page: 288

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This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in terms of their 'topic-comment' and 'focus-presupposition', and it is argued that the way in which these are articulated dictates the word order in the clause. The outcome of the study demonstrates that the traditional binary distinction between foreground and background, based purely on verb forms, is inadequate. A new model is offered showing how foregrounding is achieved by exploiting cognitive structures or by using specific evaluative devices.
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Signs of Weakness

2001-03-01

... Mishnah William Paul Griffin, The God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action Josette Elayi and Jean Sapin, ... The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture Donald F. Murray, Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension: ...

Author: Varese Layzer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9780567574909

Category: Religion

Page: 248

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Are early Irish stories influenced by the Bible or transcriptions of pre-Christian Celtic lore? Layzer explores the practical and theoretical difficulties of determining 'influence' in ancient writing, and the relationship between the oral and the written, literacy and literature and the disciplines of Irish Studies and Biblical Studies.
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Biblical Studies Cultural Studies

1998-11-01

Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Donald F. Murray , Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension : Pragmatics , Poetics and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David ( 2 Samuel 5.17-7.29 ) 266 J. Cheryl Exum ...

Author: J. Cheryl Exum

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 1850759707

Category: Religion

Page: 518

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Based on an international colloquium held at the University of Sheffield, this collection represents the first book-length encounter between biblical studies and the proliferating and controversial field of cultural studies. A multidisciplinary team of contributors engage in a multifaceted examination of the Bible's place in culture, ancient and modern, 'high' and 'low'. Contributors include Alice Bach, Fiona Black, Athalya Brenner, Robert Carroll, David Clines, Margaret Davies, Philip Davies, Philip Esler, Cheryl Exum, Yael Feldman, Jennifer Glancy, Jan Willem van Henten, David Jasper, Francis Landy, Barry Matlock, Stephen Moore, Hugh Pyper, John Rogerson, Regina Schwartz, William Scott, and Erich Zenger.
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The Descent from the Mountain

2001-04-01

Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East M. Patrick Graham and Steven L. McKenzie, The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture Donald F. Murray, Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension: Pragmatics, Poetics, ...

Author: Martin Ravndal Hauge

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9780567140890

Category: Religion

Page: 368

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This 'close reading' of Exodus 19-40 focuses on the repetition of the 'encounter on the mountain'. This double encounter is expressed in a narrative structure of preparatory episodes climaxed by the theophany. The tension of the narrative is linked to 'the people' as the unlikely heroes of encounter and solved by the divine descent from the divine mountain to the man-made tent. The new situation of permanent encounter is foregrounded by the juxtaposed stories of pre- and post- Sinai journey, and the theme of the 'substitution of Moses' underlines a radical reinterpretation of traditional concepts, inviting the reader to embark on a process of identification.
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The Religion of the Patriarchs

1998-11-01

Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East 264 Donald F. Murray , Divine Prerogative and Royal Pretension : Pragmatics , Poetics and Polemics in a Narrative Sequence about David ( 2 Samuel 5.17-7.29 ) 266 J. Cheryl ...

Author: Augustine Pagolu

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 1850759359

Category: Religion

Page: 302

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Patriarchal religion was distinct from both ancient Near Eastern and Israelite religions, and compatible only with the patriarchal lifestyle portrayed in Genesis. Since Wellhausen, the study of patriarchal religion has been chiefly confined either to the divine names or to the social and legal practices attested in Genesis and has neglected the patriarchal cultic practices-altars, pillars, tithes, vows and purifications-frequently attested there. In this study, Pagolu investigates such aspects in the light of second-millennium ancient Near Eastern and Israelite parallels, concluding that the patriarchal practices bore no comparison to those of the ancient Near East or of Israel, in that the patriarchs themselves offered sacrifices, conducted prayer, raised pillars and offered worship, all without the aid of an established cult. Thus patriarchal religion was distinct both from ancient Near Eastern religions and from the religion of Israel itself. It is peculiar to the world of Genesis.
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