{"product_id":"subversive-scribes-and-the-solomonic-eric-a-seibert-9780567027719","title":"Subversive Scribes and the Solomonic Narrative: A Rereading of 1 Kings 1-11","description":"\u003cp\u003eSubversive Scribes and the Solomonic Narrative considers 1 Kgs \u003cbr\u003e1-11 through the optics of propaganda and subversion with primary attention \u003cbr\u003egiven to subversive readings of portions of the Solomonic narrative. Seibert \u003cbr\u003eexplores the social context in which scribal subversion was not only possible \u003cbr\u003ebut perhaps even necessary and examines texts that covertly undermine the \u003cbr\u003elegitimacy or the legacy of Solomon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into two parts. In the first, Seibert develops \u003cbr\u003edefinitions of propaganda and subversion and notes other studies which have \u003cbr\u003eunderstood certain biblical texts to function in these ways. Primary \u003cbr\u003econsideration is given to developing a theory of subversive scribal activity in \u003cbr\u003ethis section of the book. An important distinction is made between \"submissive \u003cbr\u003escribes,\" individuals who wrote what they were told, and \"subversive scribes,\" \u003cbr\u003eindividuals who did otherwise. Since many scribes were writing for the very \u003cbr\u003epeople who paid them, those wanting to engage in subversive literary activity \u003cbr\u003ehad to do so carefully, and to a certain extent covertly, lest they be detected \u003cbr\u003eand exposed. Yet their critique could not be so obscure that none could detect \u003cbr\u003eit. There needed to be enough clues to allow like-minded scribes to read the \u003cbr\u003etext and appreciate the critique, but not so many that opponents could charge \u003cbr\u003esuch scribes with sedition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second part of the book, Seibert applies this theory of scribal \u003cbr\u003esubversion to various passages in 1 Kgs 1-11. An extended discussion is given \u003cbr\u003eto 1 Kgs 1-2 with the remainder of the Solomonic narrative being treated more \u003cbr\u003eepisodically. The focus is on passages which look suspiciously like the work of \u003cbr\u003ea subversive scribe and\/or which have subversive potential. It is argued that \u003cbr\u003escribes could-and sometimes did-intentionally encode a critique of the \u003cbr\u003eking\/kingship in the text and that one of the most effective ways they \u003cbr\u003eaccomplished this was by cloaking scribal subversion in the guise of propaganda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric a. Seibert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567027716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567027719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T\u0026amp;T Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Eric a. Seibert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321209254143,"sku":"9780567027719","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a64ca2c-b754-4e64-87a5-f510786f66ac.jpg?v=1696329692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/subversive-scribes-and-the-solomonic-eric-a-seibert-9780567027719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}