In this Book
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Hezekiah and the Dialogue of Memory:
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
Hezekiah is a critical figure in the Hebrew Bible, which credits him with major political, social, and religious reforms in Judah’s history and the weathering of a major crisis in the invasion of the Assyrians under their emperor, Sennacherib. Examining the different accounts of Hezekiah’s reign in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah, Song-Mi Suzie Park describes a “Hezekiah complex” that developed over a long time, in which the figure of Hezekiah served as a symbol for the vicissitudes of Judah’s history. The king could be understood as a positive reformer of the “pagan” ways of the country, or as a sinner, at least partly responsible for the threats and disasters that befell Judah, from Sennacherib’s invasion through the Babylonian exile more than a century later. By showing how the stories about Hezekiah developed over time through a process of response and counterresponse, forming at the end a dialogue of memory, Park elucidates the ways in which biblical stories in general function as loci of continual dialogue, dispute, and discussion.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Abbreviations
- pp. vii-x
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- 3. The Hezekiah Complex in Isaiah 36–39
- pp. 133-196
- 5. Conclusion
- pp. 255-264
- Bibliography
- pp. 265-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451494341
Related ISBN(s)
9781451485226
MARC Record
OCLC
903985826
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2015-02-24
Language
English
Open Access
No