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The reformed David(s) and the question of resistance to tyranny : reading the Bible in the 16th and 17th centuries / Nevada Levi DeLapp. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Scriptural traces ; 3. | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 601.Publication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury T and T Clark, [(c)2014.Description: xiv, 234 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780567655486
  • 0567655482
Other title:
  • Reformed David and the question of resistance to tyranny
  • Reformed Davids and the question of resistance to tyranny
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1325.6.R446 2014
  • BS1325.6.T9.D338.R446 2014
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Contents:
Introduction Calvin and Beza set the stage The Dutch David: William of Orange in Davidic dress Andrew Willet and the Jacobean David Samuel Rutherford and the Scottish David The David story: gap-filling and reading strategies.
Scope and content: Representations of David in Reformation art and literature often characterize him as a figure of piety, an iconic king and model civil servant. Using the exemplary David as a starting point and test case, DeLapp observes how both socio-historical and textual factors play a part in how a person reads biblical text.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction BS1325.6.T9D453 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001870787

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, 2012 under title: Wielding Goliath's sword : 16th and 17th century reformed political readings of the David story.

Introduction Calvin and Beza set the stage The Dutch David: William of Orange in Davidic dress Andrew Willet and the Jacobean David Samuel Rutherford and the Scottish David The David story: gap-filling and reading strategies.

Representations of David in Reformation art and literature often characterize him as a figure of piety, an iconic king and model civil servant. Using the exemplary David as a starting point and test case, DeLapp observes how both socio-historical and textual factors play a part in how a person reads biblical text.

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