'Why Ask My Name?': Anonymity and Identity in Biblical Narrative

\"Why Ask My Name?\"......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
Anonymity and the Effacement of Personal Identity......Page 12
Anonymity and the Expression of Personal Identity......Page 16
Anonymity and the Boundaries of Personal Identity......Page 19
PART I— ANONYMITY AND THE EFFACEMENT OF PERSONAL IDENTITY......Page 23
Plot......Page 24
Characterization......Page 27
Political Ideology (1 Sam 4:19–22)......Page 28
Social Values (Judg 9:53–54 and 1 Kings 3–11)......Page 29
2— Servants, Stewards and Armor-Bearers......Page 37
Servants in the Joseph Saga (Genesis 37–50)......Page 39
Servants in Saul\'s Story (1 Samuel 9–30)......Page 40
The Rebellious Servants of King Joash (2 Kgs 12:19–21 // 2 Chr 24:23–27)......Page 42
The Israelite Servant Girl (2 Kgs 5:1–5)......Page 43
Abraham\'s Servant (Gen 24:1–67)......Page 44
3— Transmitters of Information......Page 50
Transmitting Messages......Page 52
Spying and Informing......Page 53
Characterization and Plot Development......Page 54
Narrative Point of View......Page 55
Messengers and Personal Identity......Page 56
The Cushite (2 Sam 18:19–19:1)......Page 58
The Four Lepers (2 Kgs 7:3–10)......Page 59
The Benjaminite Informer (1 Sam 4:12–18)......Page 60
The Amalekite Informer (2 Sam 1:1–27)......Page 61
PART II— ANONYMITY AND THE EXPRESSION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY......Page 66
Women of Wisdom and Skill......Page 67
The Wise Woman of Tekoa (2 Sam 14:1–24)......Page 68
The Wise Woman of Abel (2 Sam 20:14–22)......Page 70
The Medium of Endor (1 Sam 28:3–25)......Page 71
The Queen of Sheba (1 Kgs 10:1–13 // 2 Chron 9:1–12)......Page 74
Unworthy Levites......Page 78
The Levite of Micah and the Danites (Judges 17–18)......Page 79
The Levite and his Concubine (Judges 19–21)......Page 83
Wayward Wives......Page 86
Primordial Wives (Genesis 2–3)......Page 88
Potiphar\'s wife (Gen 39:7–20)......Page 92
Women and Prophets (1 Kgs 17:12–13; 2 Kgs 4:1–7, 4:8–37)......Page 97
Manoah\'s Wife (Judges 13)......Page 99
Multifarious Mothers......Page 105
The Mothers of Moses (Exod 2:1–10)......Page 106
Jeroboam\'s Wife (1 Kings 14:1–18)......Page 110
Prostitute-Mothers (1 Kgs 3:16–28)......Page 112
Cannibal Mothers (2 Kgs 6:26–30)......Page 114
Sisera\'s Mother (Judg 5:28–30)......Page 115
Doomed Daughters......Page 117
The Timnite Daughter (Judg 14:1–15:8)......Page 118
Jephthah\'s Daughter (Judg 11:34–40)......Page 121
The Levite\'s Concubine (Judg 19:1–20:7)......Page 126
The Daughters of Lot (Gen 19)......Page 130
PART III— ANONYMITY AND THE BOUNDARIES OF PERSONAL IDENTITY......Page 138
6— The Convergence of Characters......Page 139
Bath Shua and Bathsheba......Page 140
Pharaohs of Egypt......Page 141
\"A Man\" and \"Adam\" in Genesis 1–5......Page 143
\"The Man\" in Judg 19:25......Page 146
The \"Company of Prophets\" in 1 Kings 20......Page 147
\"The Man of God\" and the \"Prophet\" in 1 Kings 13......Page 150
7— Character Confusion in the Heavenly Realm......Page 156
Personal Guides......Page 158
Instruments of Destruction......Page 159
Harbingers of the Divine Presence......Page 160
The Blurred Boundaries of Angelic Identity......Page 162
Angel Not Perceived by a Human (Num 22:22–35)......Page 164
By Manoah (Judges 13)......Page 166
By Jacob (Gen 32:25–33)......Page 168
By Joshua (Josh 5:13–15)......Page 169
By the Pregnant Hagar (Gen 16:7–14)......Page 170
By Abraham and Lot (Genesis 18–19)......Page 172
By Gideon (Judg 6:11–40)......Page 176
8— Crossing the Threshold between Reader and Text......Page 180
The Reader in the Text......Page 181
The Reader As Character......Page 182
Reader As Narrator......Page 184
CONCLUSION......Page 189
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 194
Genesis......Page 209
Judges......Page 210
2 Samuel......Page 211
2 Kings......Page 212
Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer......Page 213
New Testament......Page 214
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