The So-Called Deuteronomistic History A Sociological, Historical and Literary Introduction

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Content of the So-Called Deuteronomistic history .........3 2. What does Deuteronomistic History means ? A survey of Past Research .....13 The phrehistory of the Deuteronomistic History hypothesis .........14 The Discovery of Deuteronomism ........21 Major modifications and criticisms of the Deuteronomistic history Hypothesis ........................27 The Present state of Discussion : A time for Compromise .............41 3. The Deuteronomistic History from the Assyrian to the Persian period ...............45 Who were the Deuteronomists ...........45 The foundation myth of the Deuteronomistic School in 2 Kings 22-23: Book-Finding and Cultic reform ...........49 The three different viewpoints about centralization in deut. 12 as an Example of the Threefold edition of the Deuteronomistic History ..........56 4. Deuteronomistic Editing in the Assyrian Period and Royal Propaganda ........67 The Beginning of Deuteronomistic LIterary production in the seventh century BCE.............67 The first edition of Deuteronomy in the Assyrian period.........73 Political and Military propaganda in the Book of Joshua ..........81 Judges, Samuel and Kings ..........90 The Origin of the Deuteronomistic library in the neo-assyrian Period ......104 5. The Constitution of the Deuteronomistic History in the Neo-Babylonian Period ........107 Setting the so-called Exilic Period .........107 The structure and ideology of the Deuteronomistic history`s Exilic Edition ........115 The invention of a Period of Judges ............136 The Exilic Edition of the Deuteronomistic history .........163 6. Editing the Deuteronomistic History during the persian Period ..........165 Social and Political Context in Judah During the Persian Period ..........165 The man themes of the Persian Edition of the Deuteronomistic History........169 The Death of the Deuteronomistic History and the Birth of the Torah ..........178