Parables and Conflict in the Hebrew Bible (Paperback)

1. Breaking down parables: introductory issues; 2. Devouring parables: Jotham's parabolic curse in Judges 9; 3. Over-allegorizing and other Davidic misinterpretations in 2 Samuel 11?12; 4. Changing face and saving face: parabolic petitions in 2 Samuel 14; 5. Grasping the conflict: Ahab's negotiation of conflicts and parables in 1 Kings 20; 6. Intellectual weapons: the parable's function in 2 Kings 14 and 2 Chronicles 25; 7. Conclusions and implications for the study of Hebrew Bible parables.