Silhouettes of Scripture

David B. Schreiner; Drew S. Holland

doi:10.5771/9781793651051

Summary

The contextual approach and form criticism are two well-established methodologies in Biblical Studies, but the natural affinities between the two have historically gone under-appreciated. Yet the substantial reconsideration of classic tenets of form-criticism that has transpired in recent memory has further separated these two like-minded methods. Through a series of case studies that carefully consider certain Old Testament texts contextually, Silhouettes of Scripture: Considering the Contextual Approach with Form-criticism considers important methodological critiques and fuse elements of both methods in order to not only re-focus natural affinities but also more precisely define how contextual studies could proceed. Initiated by a literary trigger, Schreiner and Holland’s method navigates between what has been called "parallel-o-mania" and "parallel-anonia" to consider a range of similarities and differences in terms of broad and narrow convergences. The result is a work that not only looks upon well-known parallels with fresh eyes but also seeks to establish new trajectories.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5104-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5105-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 188
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. The Rise of the Contextual Approach No access
2. Form Criticism and Its New Look No access
3. 1. Sitz im Leben: An Excursus No access
4. The Project No access
5. Notes No access
1. Introducing the Enuma Elish No access
2. Introducing the Memphite Theology No access
3. (Re-)Introducing Genesis 1 No access
4. Comparing and Contrasting No access
5. Implications of the Contextual Study No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Sargon Text No access
2. Exodus 2:1–10 No access
3. The Birth of Cyrus No access
4. An Analysis of the Texts No access
5. Conclusions: Against Imperial Ideology No access
6. Notes No access
1. 1. Esarhaddon’s Treaty with Baal of Tyre No access
  2. The Tale of Aqhat No access
  3. The Implications of Esarhaddon’s Treaty with Baal of Tyre and the Tale of Aqhat No access
2. 1. First Samuel 15:28; 28:17; First Kings 11:11–13; 14:8 No access
  2. First Kings 11:29–39 No access
3. The Implications of the Tearing Away of the Kingdom No access
4. Conclusions: The Historiographical Appropriation of Ritualistic Action No access
5. Notes No access
1. A Literary Analysis of Gilgamesh and Akka No access
2. A Literary Analysis of 1 Kings 12:1–24 No access
3. An Analysis of the Texts No access
4. Conclusion: An Adaptable Literary Form for Sociopolitical Transition No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. The Sumerian King List No access
  2. The Assyrian King List No access
  3. Babylonian King Lists No access
2. The Turin Canon No access
3. The Tyrian King List No access
4. Accession Data in 1–2 Kings No access
5. Were King Lists Used to Compile Accession Data in 1–2 Kings? No access
6. Further Considerations No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Sin-iddinam: A Sketch No access
2. Sumerian Letter-prayers: Development, Function, and Parallels No access
3. Sin-iddinam’s Letter-prayers No access
4. 1. Isaiah 38:1-22: A Translation and Commentary No access
  2. The מִכְתָּב of Hezekiah No access
5. Conclusions: A Hebrew Adaptation No access
6. Notes No access
1. Different Environments, Different Songs No access
2. Intersection No access
3. Difference Illuminating Contexts No access
4. The Gain of a Study in Difference No access
5. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 163 - 176
Index of Ancient Sources No access Pages 177 - 178
Author Index No access Pages 179 - 184
Index of Biblical References No access Pages 185 - 186
About the Authors No access Pages 187 - 188