2010
DOI: 10.1525/hlq.2010.73.3.491
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Chastising with Scorpions: Reading the Old Testament in Early Modern England

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“…The use of ‫ב‬ ‫רָ‬ ְ ‫ַק‬ ‫ע‬ shows how fierce in oppression he would be compared with his father. By using scorpion, it showed how cruel Rehoboam was to the yearnings and aspirations of the people of Israel (Killeen 2010). Rehoboam chooses slogans over wisdom, machismo over servanthood.…”
Section: Hate Speech Between the Ruler And The Ruled (Vv 12-16)mentioning
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“…The use of ‫ב‬ ‫רָ‬ ְ ‫ַק‬ ‫ע‬ shows how fierce in oppression he would be compared with his father. By using scorpion, it showed how cruel Rehoboam was to the yearnings and aspirations of the people of Israel (Killeen 2010). Rehoboam chooses slogans over wisdom, machismo over servanthood.…”
Section: Hate Speech Between the Ruler And The Ruled (Vv 12-16)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“… 15 For an assessment of typology’s importance to early modern exegesis and thought, see Luxon; Freinkel; Streete, 2009 and 2012; Killeen, 2010 and 2011. While typology remained the dominant way of reading the Bible in the early decades of the seventeenth century, it is worth mentioning that alternative approaches to biblical interpretation were emerging.…”
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“… 24 Killeen, 2010, 492. Lewalski, 1977, 81, links the reformed emphasis on applying scripture to the self to this expansion in typological readings.…”
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