Hensel, Benedikt (2022) The ark narrative(s) of 1 Sam *4:1b–7:1 / 2 Sam 6* between Philistia, Jerusalem, and Assyria: a new approach for a historical contextualization and literary-historical classification. In: Jerusalem and the coastal plain in the Iron Age and Persian periods: new studies on Jerusalem's relations with the southern coastal plain of Israel/Palestine (c. 1200-300 BCE). Orientalische Religionen in der Antike (46). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 163-192. ISBN 978-3-16-160692-2

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Abstract

he article addresses questions concerning the literary-historical classification and historical dimension tangible behind the Journey of the Ark established in the narrative of 1 Sam 5:1–7:1, 2a: What role does the itinerary play for the Ark’s larger function in the narrative and how does the possible, but highly controversial connection with 2 Sam 6 come into play? A second aspect of inquiry is functionally related to the first: Why are the Philistines introduced in connection with the Ark Narrative as—at least within the narrative itself—the “primary nemesis of Israel”? Their existence and threat to Israel guide the fate of Saul and David, beginning in 1 Sam 4 and lasting until the latter emerges victorious in 2 Sam 5:17–25. Alongside the literary-historical reappraisal of the issue, a particular cultural-historical and religio-political background of the narrative is explored that has rarely been undertaken in this context. In the view of the author, this aspect constitutes a central element within the Ark’s journey that critically influences both the fundamental dynamics of the narrative as well as its theological intention: the practice, well attested in ancient Near Eastern sources, of the deportation of cult statuary. Following these observations, the narrative in 1 Sam 4:1–7:1 (without the idol polemic in 1 Sam 5:3–5, 7b); 2 Sam 5:17–25; 6:1–19 is contextualized temporally and functionally as stemming from an original “catastrophe narrative” (“Katastrophenerzählung”, W.Dietrich) in 1 Sam 4* in the late-eighth and seventh centuries BCE with both anti-Assyrian and anti-Philistine inclinations.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Altes Testament, Samuelbücher, Assyrer, Philister, god napping
Divisions:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences > Institute of Protestant Theology and Religious Studies
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2024 12:16
Last Modified:	11 Apr 2024 12:16
URI:	https://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/id/eprint/5990
URN:	urn:nbn:de:gbv:715-oops-60714
DOI:	10.1628/978-3-16-161254-1
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