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Ethics and biblical narrative : a literary and discourse-analytical approach to the story of Josiah / S. Min Chun. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford theology and religion monographsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014.Edition: first editionDescription: xii, 274 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199688968
Other title:
  • Ethics and biblical narrative [Spine title]
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1335.C559.C486 2014
  • BS1335
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Contents:
Part I. Old Testament Narrative and ethics (chapters 1-3) -- Part II. Discourse analysis for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative (chapters 4-6) -- Part III. Examples (chapters 7-8) -- Conclusion (pages 226-231) -- Appendix: Verbal constructions of 2 Kings 22:1-23: 30.
2. A survey of previous works focusing on their treatment of narratives in the Old Testament -- 3. Old Testament narrative ethics : current scene and a proposal -- 4. Defining discourse analysis -- 5. Benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- 6. Evaluation : direct benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- 7. Two short examples : Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:21-5) and Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:13-16) -- 8. Extended example : an ethical commentary on the story of Josiah in 2 Kings 22:1-23:30 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : verbal constructions of 2 Kings 22:1-23:30.
Summary: This book proposes a methodological framework for an ethical reading of Old Testament narrative and demonstrates its benefits and validity by providing an exemplary reading of the story of Josiah in Kings. Part One delineates the meaning of "ethical reading" practiced in the work. The theoretical framework is critically adopted from Martha Nussbaum. This approach to ethics does not extract general rules out of story, rather it allows the reader to appreciate the world of the story itself, which is analogous with real life. Part Two expounds "synchronic literary criticism anchored in discourse analysis" and elucidates its use for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative. Part Three offers exemplary ethical readings and shows how discourse analysis can help the literary issues such as plot delimitation and characterization. Through the ethical commentary of the story of Josiah, the theme of contingency in life can be noticed to prevail in the story. --Book jacket.
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This book proposes a methodological framework for an ethical reading of Old Testament narrative and demonstrates its benefits and validity by providing an exemplary reading of the story of Josiah in Kings. Part One delineates the meaning of "ethical reading" practiced in the work. The theoretical framework is critically adopted from Martha Nussbaum. This approach to ethics does not extract general rules out of story, rather it allows the reader to appreciate the world of the story itself, which is analogous with real life. Part Two expounds "synchronic literary criticism anchored in discourse analysis" and elucidates its use for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative. Part Three offers exemplary ethical readings and shows how discourse analysis can help the literary issues such as plot delimitation and characterization. Through the ethical commentary of the story of Josiah, the theme of contingency in life can be noticed to prevail in the story. --Book jacket.

Part I. Old Testament Narrative and ethics (chapters 1-3) -- Part II. Discourse analysis for ethical reading of Old Testament narrative (chapters 4-6) -- Part III. Examples (chapters 7-8) -- Conclusion (pages 226-231) -- Appendix: Verbal constructions of 2 Kings 22:1-23: 30.

1. The object and the task of Old Testament ethics -- 2. A survey of previous works focusing on their treatment of narratives in the Old Testament -- 3. Old Testament narrative ethics : current scene and a proposal -- 4. Defining discourse analysis -- 5. Benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- 6. Evaluation : direct benefits of discourse analysis for ethical reading -- 7. Two short examples : Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:21-5) and Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:13-16) -- 8. Extended example : an ethical commentary on the story of Josiah in 2 Kings 22:1-23:30 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : verbal constructions of 2 Kings 22:1-23:30.

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