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Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative : Ideological Reading in Light of Bakhtin's Dialogism /

Lee, Albert Sui-hung,

Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative : Ideological Reading in Light of Bakhtin's Dialogism / Ideological Reading in Light of Bakhtin's Dialogism Albert Sui-hung Lee. - 1 online resource. - Biblical Interpretation Series ; 187 Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019 . - Biblical Interpretation Series ; 187. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- From Ideological Tension to Dialogism -- Ideological Dialogue in the Gideon Narrative -- Ideological Dialogue in the Abimelech Narrative -- A Possible Historical Context of the Dialogue in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative -- Conclusion.

"In Dialogue on Monarchy, Albert Sui-hung Lee applies Bakhtin's dialogism to interpret the "unfinalized" dialogue on monarchical ideologies in the Gideon-Abimelech narrative. Lee associates the Bakhtinian concepts of "double-voiced dialogue," "authoring," "unfinalizability," and heteroglossia with the literary features of "twoness," dual images, and macrostructure of the dialogical narrative to illustrate the dialogue of genres as well as that of ideological voices, wherein the pro- and anti-monarchical voices constantly interact with each other. Studying archaeological evidence and literary examinations of prophetic books together, Lee explores the narrative redactor's intention of engaging both remnant and deportee communities in an unfinalized dialogue of different forms of polity for the restoration of their unity and prosperity in exilic and post-exilic contexts"--

9789004443853 9789004426269

10.1163/9789004443853 DOI

2020044639


Abimelech (Biblical figure)
Gideon (Biblical judge)
Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975 --Criticism and interpretation.


Bible.--Judges, VI-IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Kings and rulers--Biblical teaching.

BS1305.52

222/.32083216