The Violent Gift: Trauma's Subversion of the Deuteronomistic History's Narrative

David Janzen

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Biblical Studies and Interpretation Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Memory, Trauma, and Testimony

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Chapter 1. Introduction: The trauma of destruction and exile and its absence and presence in the Deuteronomistic History A. The trauma of exile and destruction B. Trauma's absence and presence in Dtr Chapter 2. The unity and exilic dating of the Deuteronomistic History A. The redactional school of Frank Cross B. The redactional school of Rudolf Smend C. Arguments for multiple pre-exilic editions D. The existence of the Deuteronomistic History E. Conclusion: The unity and exilic dating of Dtr Chapter 3. Trauma theory and its application to the study of the Deuteronomistic History A. The study of trauma in mental health fields B. The literary study of trauma C. Trauma and the master narrative of the Deuteronomistic History Chapter 4. Deuteronomy: The uncanny beginning of trauma A. Law and leadership: Dtr's master narrative in Deuteronomy B. The uncanny beginning of trauma Chapter 5. Joshua: Divine abandonment and sacrifice of Israel A. The master narrative: Israel's land and Joshua's failure B. The traumatic intrusions: The failure of God and the sacrifice of Israel Chapter 6. Trauma and tragedy: Judges and the Jephthah narrative A. The master narrative in Judges: Israel's cultic and leadership failures B. Trauma as the essence of history in Judges C. The intersection of tragedy and trauma in the Jephthah story Chapter 7. Samuel: The traumatic triumph of injustice A. The master narrative: Failures of leadership B. God, Saul, and Israel: A traumatic rejection of justice C. God and David: The traumatic triumph of injustice Chapter 8. Kings: The end of narrative A. Dtr's master narrative and its collapse in Kings B. The traumatic end of narrative in Kings Chapter 9. Conclusion: Trauma and the questioning of Dtr's narrative.

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