The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception

The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception / Baruch Halpern; André Lemaire; Matthew J. Adams......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Terms, Sigla, and Abbreviations......Page 12
PART ONE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE BOOK OF KINGS......Page 18
The Septuagint in the Text History of 1–2 Kings / Adrian Schenker\r......Page 20
Qumran Fragments of the Books of Kings / Julio Trebolle......Page 36
The Text of 1–2 Kings Used by Josephus / Étienne Nodet......Page 58
PART TWO KINGS AS A LITERARY WORK......Page 84
Theories of the Redaction(s) of Kings / Gary N. Knoppers......Page 86
Characterization in Kings / Robert L. Cohn......Page 106
The Literary Structure of Kings / Robert L. Cohn......Page 124
The Composition of Kings / Baruch Halpern and André Lemaire......Page 140
Books and Writing in Kings / Alan R. Millard......Page 172
PART THREE KINGS AND ITS NEAR EASTERN MILIEU......Page 178
The Book of Kings and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography / Mario Liverani\r......Page 180
Kings and External Textual Sources: Assyrian, Babylonian and North-West Semitic / Alan R. Millard......Page 202
PART FOUR THE PEOPLE OF KINGS......Page 220
The Moabites / Paul-Eugène Dion and P. M. Michèle Daviau......Page 222
Edom and the Edomites / André Lemaire......Page 242
Ammonites and the Books of Kings / Walter E. Aufrecht......Page 262
Hiram of Tyre and Solomon / Edward Lipiński......Page 268
The Aramaeans of Syria: Some Considerations on Their Origin and Material Culture / Hélène Sader......Page 290
Philistines in the Books of Kings / Seymour Gitin......Page 318
External Textual Sources – Neo-Hittite States / Kenneth A. Kitchen......Page 382
External Textual Sources – Egypt / Kenneth A. Kitchen......Page 386
External Textual Sources – Early Arabia / Kenneth A. Kitchen......Page 398
PART FIVE DETAILED ISSUES OF KINGS......Page 402
“The Prophets” – References to Generic Prophets and Their Role in the Construction of the Image of the “Prophets of Old” within the Postmonarchic Readership(s) of the Books of Kings / Ehud Ben Zvi......Page 404
Priesthood and the Development of Cult in the Books of Kings / Wolfgang Zwickel......Page 418
Dates and Calendars in Kings / Gershon Galil......Page 444
Law in Kings / Raymond Westbrook......Page 462
Officialdom and Society in the Book of Kings: The Social Relevance of the State / Izabela Eph‘al-Jaruzelska......Page 484
Institutions of Trade in 1 and 2 Kings / Daniel M. Master......Page 518
Archaeology and the Question of Sources in Kings / William G. Dever......Page 534
PART SIX RECEPTION IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY......Page 556
Kings in Josephus / Silvia Castelli......Page 558
The Books of Kings in the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers / Magnus Zetterholm......Page 578
Elijah and the Books of Kings in Rabbinic Literature / Karin Hedner-Zetterholm......Page 602
Cumulative Bibliography......Page 624
Selected Subject Index......Page 684
Biblical Source Index......Page 697
Author Index......Page 717