Research Catalog

Title

Good kings and bad kings / edited by Lester L. Grabbe.

Author

European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History (7th : 2002 : Berlin, Germany)

Publication

London ; New York : T&T Clark International, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Grabbe, Lester L.

Description

x, 371 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 393
• European seminar in historical methodology ; 5

Uniform Title

• Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 393.
• European seminar in historical methodology ; 5.

Subject

• Josiah, King of Judah > Congresses
• Jews > History > To 586 B.C. > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Why a reform like Josiah's must have happened / Rainer Albertz -- Josiah and the prophetic books: some observations / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Josiah and the law book / Philip R. Davies -- Kingdom of Judah from Sennacherib's invasion to the fall of Jerusalem: if we only had the Bible . . . / Lester L. Grabbe -- King Josiah in the climax of the Deuteronomic history (2 Kings 22-23) and the pre-Deuteronomic document of a cult reform at the place of residence (23.4-15): criticism of sources, reconstruction of literary pre-stages and the theology of history in 2 Kings 22-23 / Christof Hardmeier -- Glorious days of Manasseh / Ernst Axel Knauf -- Josiah and the kingdom of Judah / Nadav Na'aman -- Blackballing of Manasseh / Francesca Stavrakopoulou -- King Manasseh of Judah and the problem of theodicy in the Deuteronomistic history / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Was there a cult reform under King Josiah? The case for a well-grounded minimum / Christoph Uehlinger -- Importance of archaeology of the seventh century / David A. Warburton -- Reflections on the discussions / Lester L. Grabbe.

ISBN

• 0826469760 (hbk.)
• 0567082725 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005045756

OCLC

• ocm58431601
• SCSB-5202124

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries