{"product_id":"9780567689276","title":"The Fate of Justice and Righteousness during David's Reign : Narrative Ethics and Rereading the Court History according to 2 Samuel 8:15-20:26 by Prof.Richard G. Smith","description":"This 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\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291446227317,"sku":"9780567689276","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780567689276.jpg?v=1762740063","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780567689276","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}