The Twofold Literary Structure of the Chronistic David Narrative (1 Chr 11-29)*

This article deals with the Structure of the Chronistic David narrative in Chronicles (1 Chr 11-29). I seek to demonstrate a structural para-digm that arranges the Chronistic David narrative into two concurrent literary structures: a pyramid and a chiasm. Each structure expresses a different cen-tral objective, encompassing most of the narrative’s components. The pyra-mid structure reflects the process leading up to the construction of the Temple and culminates in chapter 28 with David’s ceremonious transferal of the Temple plans to Solomon. The chiastic structure revolves around the question of the Temple builder’s identity. Until chapter 17, David is characterized as a figure worthy of building the Temple. Nathan’s oracle in chapter 17 marks the narrative’s turning point: David rejected from building the Temple. From chapter 18 on the Chronicler seeks to justify David’s rejection, to temper Da-vid’s rejection and to create a smoother transition between the David narra-tive and the Solomon narrative.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Urban Economics, by David W. Rasmussen. The Modern City: Readings in Urban Economics, ed. David W. Rasmussen and Charles T. Haworth. Urban Geography: A Social Perspective, by David Herbert. The City: Problems of Planning, ed. Murray Stewart.     

DAVID AS A BIBLICAL ‘GOOD-FELLA’ AND ‘THE GODFATHER’

Abstract

Scholars search for analogies with which to better understand biblical texts. David has been compared to the “outlaw”, “refugee”, “vassal”, “renegade”, “guerrilla”, “bandit chief”, “fugitive” and “fugitive hero”. This article suggest that there are better cultural-social analogies, i.e., David as a “goodfellan”while in exile from Saul and in the land of the Philistines, and upon accession to the throne, “The Godfather”.

This article also has, as a part of its purpose, the intent to unmask some of the behavior of David and of monarchy for what they are: essentially organized crime maintained in large part by the use of indiscriminate violence-supported by nonsensical myths and obvious hypocrisy.

Cross-cultural comparisons are made throughout between the David stories, gangster movies and systems of monarchy—especially the ad hoc feudal type. Historical questions aside: The David stories can be “cross-culturally” compared with gangster films as “art”.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: A Continent Transformed: Human Impact on the Nutural Vegetation of Australia Jamie Kirkpatrick The Emergence of Bioregionalism in the Murray-Darling Basin J.M. Powell From Forest to Sea: Australia's Changing Environment: Eric Rolls Australian Environmental History: Essays and Cases Stephen Dovers, (ed.) Spirited Cities Urban Planning, Traffic and Environmental Management in the Nineiies Essays for Hans Westerman Robert Freestone (ed.) The Margin Fades: Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands Eric Waddell and Patrick D. Nunn (eds) Oceanic Islands Patrick D. Nunn Natural Disasters David Alexander REVIEWS IN BRIEF: Geography and National Identity David Hooson (ed.) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: The Challenge for Geography. A Changing World: A Changing Discipline R.J. Johnston (ed.) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: Building Bridges. Geography in Australia Report of the National Committee for Geography Australian Academy of Sciences R.L. Heathcote (ed) REVIEWS IN BRIEF: The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physical Geography Andrew Goudie, B.W. Atkinson, K.J. Gregory, I.G. Simmons, D.R. Stoddart, David Sugden (eds.) The Dictionary of Human Geography R.J. Johnston, Derek Gregory and David Smith (eds.)     

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Books reviewed:
New Frontiers in Space, Bodies and Gender , RosaAinley (Eds.).
Open Veins of Latin America , Eduardo Galeano,
Geographies of Resistance , Steve Pile and Michael Keith (eds.),
BorderMatters: Remapping American Cultural Studies , Jos David Saldvar
BorderTheory: the Limits of Cultural Politics , Scott Michaelsen and David E. Johnson, (eds.)     

MEASURE FOR MEASURE IN THE DAVID STORIES*

Abstract

This article briefly surveys the direct and indirect ways in which the principal of measure for measure is manifested in biblical narrative. It proceeds to examine how it is applied in the David cycle, where it is particularly prominent. David, more than any other human character in the Bible, refers to this principle both in his words and his deeds. His motives are both theological and political. He rewards and punishes measure for measure, but is himself punished according to the same principle. The article examines the different levels on which “measure for measure” works in the David stories: the human plane (David and the human characters around him), the divine plane (between David and the Lord), and the interaction between these two.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Environmental management: new directions for the twenty-first century Geoff A Wilson and Raymond L Bryant
Work-place: the social regulation of labor markets Jamie Peck
Thresholds in feminist geography: difference, methodology, representation John Paul Jones III , Hiedi J Nast and Susan M Roberts (eds)
Justice, nature and the geography of difference David Harvey
The golden age illusion: rethinking postwar capitalism Michael Webber and David Rigby     

David and Hazael: War,Peace, Stones and Memory

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This paper reexamines the rise and fall of two regional empires: the Israelite kingdom of David and Solomon, and the Aramaic kingdom of Hazael and his son Bar-Hadad III. The author presents a comparison between these two regional empires, discussing the following main points: the rise to power of the founders: David and Hazael and their charismatic character; their wars and peace treaties; the boundaries and the administrative organization of these two empires, and the decline and fall of the kingdoms in the days of the founder's sons: Solomon and Bar-Hadad III. The author is of the opinion that the existence of a regional empire in the days of Hazael and his son is of great significance for the reality of the empire of David and Solomon, since the former clearly proves that in certain geopolitical circumstances the making of a regional empire that controlled most of the area between the Euphrates and Philistia was entirely possible. The phenomenon of the Aramaean regional empire of Hazael and his son does not prove the existence of an Israelite regional empire, but it indicates that the biblical account of the rise and fall of an Israelite empire in the days of David and Solomon was possible, and even reasonable.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Jean Drhze and Amartya Sen (eds), The Political Economy of Hunger. (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) David C. Korten, Getting to the 21st Century: Voluntary Action and the Global Agenda. West Hartford Clive Moore, Jacqueline Leekie and Doug Munro (eds), Labour in theSouth Pacific Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Mracle Economiesin Crisis Jomo K.S., Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy David Simon (ed.), Third World Regional Development: A Reappraisal Philip Hunt, Rainforest Politics. Ecological Destruction in South-East Asia Nirmal Sengupta, Managing Common Property: Irrigation in India and the Philippines Siegfried Pausewang, Fantu Cheru, Stefan Briine and Eshetu Chole (eds), Ethiopia:RuraI Development Options Amrit Wilson. The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution David Archer and Patrick Costello, Ltferucy and Power: The Lufin AmericunBuffleground Bjorn Hettne, Development Theory and the Three Worlds     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Economic Impact Analysis: Methodology and Applications , edited by Saul Pleeter.
Industrial Location and Air Quality Control: A Planning Approach , by Jean-Michel Guldmann and Daniel Shefer.
Alternatives to Confrontation: A National Policy toward Regional Change , by Victor L. Arnold (ed.).
Regional Accounts, Structure and Performance of the New York Region's Economy in the Seventies , by Regina Belz Armstrong, with David Gayer, Alberto Heimler, and Ruth Plawner. Boris S. Pushkarev and Peter J. Bearse (eds.).
The Future of American Agriculture as a Strategic Resource , by Sandra Batie and Robert Healy (eds.).
European Studies in Development , by Jacques de Bandt, Peter Mandi, and Dudley Seers (eds.).
Refining the Waterfront: Alternative Energy Siting Policies for Urban Coastal Areas , by David Morell and Grace Singer.
New Tools for Economic Development: The Enterprise Zone, Development Bank, and RFC , by George Sternlieb and David Listokin (eds.).     

BOOK REVIEWS

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Local External Economies for British Manufacturing Industry , by P. M. Townroe and N. J. Roberts.
Canada's Industrial Space-Economy , by David F. Walker.
Urban and Regional Planning in an Age of Austerity , by P. Clavel, J. Forester, and W. W. Goldsmith (eds.).
Industrial Location: An Economic Geographical Analysis , 2nd Edition, by David M. Smith.
Shipping and Development Policy: An Integrated Assessment , by Alexander J. Yeats.     

Anthropology and education: History,method and applications to American schooling

Joan I. Roberts and Sherrie K. Akinsanya, eds. Educational Patterns and Cultural Configurations: The Anthropology of Education. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1976. xiv + 412 pp. Bibliography, biographical notes, and references. $7.95 paper.

Joan I. Roberts and Sherrie K. Akinsanya, eds. Schooling in the Cultural Context: Anthropological Studies of Education. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1976. xiv + 499 pp. Biographical notes and references. $8.95 paper.

Nobou Kenneth Shimahara and Adam Scrupski, eds. Social Forces and Schooling: An Anthropological and Sociological Perspective. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1975. xiv + 358 pp. Biographical notes and references. $6.95 paper.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Solon L. Barraclough, An End to Hunger? The Social Origins of Food Strategies. Fernando H. Cnrdoso et al., Eight Essays on the Crisis of Deuelopment in Latin America. Peter Utting, Economic Adjustment under the Sanrlinistas; Policy Reform, Food Security and Livelihood in Nicaragua. Geneva: Mats Lundahl, Politics or Markets? Essays on Haitian Underdevelopment. David Shapiro and Eric Tollens, The Agricultural Development of Zaire. Bruce Berman and John Lonsdale, Unhappy Valley: Conflict in Kenya and Afiica. Steve Chan and Cal Clark, Flexibility, Foresight and Fortuna in Taiwan™s Development: Tibor Vagko (ed.), Problems of Economic Transition: Regional Development in Central and R. Adhikari, C. Kirkpatrick and J. Weiss (eds), Industrial and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Dilip K. Dm, Import Candisarion David Simon, Cities, Capital and Development: African Cities in the World Economy. Robert-Jan Baken and Jan van der Linden, Land Delivery for Low Zncorne Groups in Third World Cifies. Usha Jumani, Dealing with Poverty. Self-employment for Poor Rural Women. David Wright-Neville, The Evolution of Japanese Foreign Aid 1955-1956. Monash Development Studies Centre Monograph No. 2. Monash Oliver Morrissey, Brian Smith and Edward Horesh, British Aid and International Trade. David Keen, Refugees: Rationing the Right to Life. The Crisis in emergency relief; M. B. K. Darkoh (ed.), African River Basins and Dryland Crises. Doug Porter, Bryant Allen and Gaye Thompson Navigating between Scylla und Charybdis. Eastern Europe. Countries     

Lurching through Public Law: The Unsteady State of the Subfield

Abstract

David Walsh is a student of Eric Voegelin's political thought, and this essay evaluates the influence of Voegelin's work on Walsh, while also suggesting how Walsh deviates from Voegelin's philosophy. The analysis is performed in terms of several key concepts from Voegelin's work, including Gnosticism, metaxy, luminosity, equivalences of experience, and history. It is argued that Walsh makes extensive use of Voegelin's ideas of metaxy, luminosity, and the equivalences of experience, but that he transforms these concepts as he moves beyond Voegelin's philosophy of consciousness and turns to a philosophy of existence that is not subject to the epistemological problems that continue to challenge Voegelin's thought. Finally, it is suggested that, in so doing, Walsh is actually continuing Voegelin's philosophical project, rather than undermining it.     

History and Other Times

Book reviewed in this article:
Other Times: Philosophical Perspectives on Past, Present and Future , by David Cockburn     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews in this article:
Analytical Behavioural Geography by Reginald G. Golledge and Robert J. Stimson.
Managing Land-Use Conflicts: Case Studies in Special Area Management Planning, by David J. Brower and Daniel s. Carol (eds.).
Filling Up America: An Economic-Demographic Model of Population Growth and Distribution in the Nineteenth-Century United States, by Morton Owen Schapiro.
Economic-Ecological Modeling, by L. C. Braat and W. F. J. van Lierop (eds.).
Invisible Factors in Local Economic Development, by Peter B. Doeringer, David G. Terkla, and Gregory C. Topakian.     

Government, Business, and U.S. Economic Expansion in the Americas in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Reappraisal

Books reviewed in this article:
Pletcher, David M. The Diplomacy of Trade and Investment: American Economics expansion in the Hemisphere, 1865-1900     

History as Moral Reflection

Book reviewed in this article:
The Degradation of American History , by David Harlan.     

Carl Becker Redivivus: Or,Is Everyone Really a Historian?

Book reviewed in this article:
The Presence of The Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life , by Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen.     

King Davidʼs Exposure while Dancing: A Queer Reading of 2 Samuel 6

According to the Hebrew version of the transport of the ark to Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6, King David is so scantily dressed that he publicly exposes himself while dancing before G*d (????). David?s wild, gay and possibly sexual conduct can evoke associations with the behavior of gay persons of today. Queer readers may identify with David and like him turn their backs on dominant rulers—like the members of Saul?s dynasty—if they are not respected because of their queer way of life, but persecuted—as David was persecuted by King Saul. Such an interpretation implies that G*d (????) is on the side of persons like King David, who—from the point of view of other people as well as of David?s wife Michal—behave in a strange fashion, thus act queerly.