{"product_id":"9780567689276-the-fate-of-justice-and-righteousness-during-davids-reign","title":"The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David's Reign","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26\u003cbr\u003eThis work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish \"justice and righteousness\" during David's reign over all Israel.\u003cbr\u003eThis work argues that 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 is a literary unit designed to show how David and his house failed to establish \"justice and righteousness\" during David's reign over all Israel. After an introductory chapter and a chapter on critical methodology the rest of the work is a close reading of 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 that pays special attention to narrative ethics. Chapter 3 makes a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-20:26 as a coherent literary unit reflecting an ethical world-view grounded in kindness and having as its main theme \"the failure of justice and righteousness to be established during David's reign.\" Chapter 4 presents a case for reading 2 Sam 8:15-10:19 as an account of the beginnings of justice and righteousness during David's reign in which David's kindness towards Mephibosheth is presented as analogous to a Mesopotamian royal declaration and was performed as an inaugural act of charity upon David's ascent to the throne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57595096858998,"sku":"9780567689276","price":40.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35279710.jpg?v=1775054464","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780567689276-the-fate-of-justice-and-righteousness-during-davids-reign","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}