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David and the Deuteronomist

A Literary Study of the Deuteronomic History Part Three: 2 Samuel

by (author) Robert Polzin

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1993
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780253345530
    Publish Date
    Nov 1993
    List Price
    $66.00

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" . . . brilliant . . . [Polzin's] splendid work deserves consideration by all serious students of 2 Samuel." —The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

The figure of David is the focus of Polzin's provocative new reading of 2 Samuel. Polzin makes a strong case for a complex yet coherent picture of the monarchy within Israelite theology as he demonstrates the literary artfulness and ideological sophistication of the Deuteronomic History.

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Contributor Notes

ROBERT POLZIN is Director, School of Comparative Literary Studies and Professor of Religion, Carleton University. He is author of Moses and the Deuteronomist and Samuel and the Deuteronomist, both volumes in a series of four books on the Deuteronomic History, as well as Late Biblical Hebrew.