Legitimacy, illegitimacy, and the right to rule : [manuscript] : windows on Abimelech's rise and demise in Judges 9 /

Oeste, Gordon K.

Legitimacy, illegitimacy, and the right to rule : windows on Abimelech's rise and demise in Judges 9 / [manuscript] : by Gordon K. Oeste. - New York : T&T Clark International, c2011. - xiii, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation (University of St. Michael's College, 2008)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-253) and indexes.

Looking at Judges 9 through multiple sight lines -- Approaches to Abimelech and Judges 9 -- Narrative analysis of Judges 9 -- Reading the rhetoric of Judges 9 -- The social world(s) of Judges 9.

9780567110626 (pbk)

2011008216


Abimelech (Biblical figure)


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


Jews--Kings and rulers.

BS580.A26 / O37 2011

222/.3206