Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Breaking Down Parables: Introductory Issues
- 2 Devouring Parables: Jotham's Parabolic Curse in Judges 9
- 3 Overallegorizing and Other Davidic Misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11–12
- 4 Changing Face and Saving Face: Parabolic Petitions in 2 Samuel 14
- 5 Grasping the Conflict: Ahab's Negotiation of Conflicts and Parables in 1 Kings 20
- 6 Intellectual Weapons: The Parable's Function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25
- 7 Conclusions and Implications for the Study of Hebrew Bible Parables
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Scriptural and Extra-Biblical Texts Index
- General Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Breaking Down Parables: Introductory Issues
- 2 Devouring Parables: Jotham's Parabolic Curse in Judges 9
- 3 Overallegorizing and Other Davidic Misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11–12
- 4 Changing Face and Saving Face: Parabolic Petitions in 2 Samuel 14
- 5 Grasping the Conflict: Ahab's Negotiation of Conflicts and Parables in 1 Kings 20
- 6 Intellectual Weapons: The Parable's Function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25
- 7 Conclusions and Implications for the Study of Hebrew Bible Parables
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Scriptural and Extra-Biblical Texts Index
- General Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible , pp. v - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009