Hezekiah and the Dialogue of Memory |
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| Author:
| Park, Song-Mi Suzie |
| Series title: | Emerging Scholars Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4514-9434-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | 1517 Media
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| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
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Book Description:
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Examining the different accounts of Hezekiah's reign in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah, Song-Mi Suzie Park describes a "Hezekiah complex" in which the king served as a symbol for the vicissitudes of Judah's history, 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 over the next century. Park describes the ways in which biblical stories in general function as loci of continual...
More DescriptionExamining the different accounts of Hezekiah's reign in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah, Song-Mi Suzie Park describes a "Hezekiah complex" in which the king served as a symbol for the vicissitudes of Judah's history, 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 over the next century. Park describes the ways in which biblical stories in general function as loci of continual dialogue, dispute, and discussion.