The king and the cemeteries: toward a new understanding of Josiah's reform
Preliminary material -- Preliminary Matters -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (I): The Chronicler's Account -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Kings (I): Bethel and/or Jerusalem? -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (II): Another Look at 2 Chronicles 34:4-5 -- J...
| Summary: | Preliminary material -- Preliminary Matters -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (I): The Chronicler's Account -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Kings (I): Bethel and/or Jerusalem? -- Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (II): Another Look at 2 Chronicles 34:4-5 -- Josiah's Reform in Kings (II): The Waw-Conjunctive Passages -- Josiah's Reform in Kings (III): Compositional Implications -- Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (I): Josiah's Judah -- Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (II): Tomb-Robbing and Bone-Burning (2 Kings 23:16A) -- Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (III) Josiah and the Bamoth -- Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (Iv): The Man and the Monument -- Bibliography -- Index of Terms. This book presents new examinations of the reports of Josiah’s reform in 2 Kgs. 23:4-20 + 24 and 2 Chron. 34:3-7 and related biblical passages (especially 1 Kgs.12:33-13:32), concentrating on the likely compositional history of this material and its usefulness as a source for reconstructing the likely history of Josiah’s reign. Chapter 1 introduces the inquiry, reviewing the state of the question and methodological caveats. Chapters 2-6 are devoted to issues of composition and redaction, Chapters 7-10 to issues of historical context and circumstance. Both literary and archaeological materials are considered. These studies contribute fresh analyses and new propositions to the scholarly discussion of this seminal moment in the history of biblical Israel |
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| ISBN: | 9004276149 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004276147 |