In this Book
- Soundings in Kings: Perspectives and Methods in Contemporary Scholarship
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
The reigning assumptions in 1970s and 1980s scholarship on 1 and 2 Kings, and indeed on all of the Deuteronomistic history, have come under serious question. How can differing views of that history be reconciled? What sources were available to the authors? Should we call them "authors"? How well do the Books of Kings fit into the larger history of which they are a part; just who composed that history, toward what end, and in what context? How do the assumptions of contemporary interpreters influence the answers we give to those questions? In Soundings in Kings, international scholars pursue these and related questions by examining 1 and 2 Kings as an independent work, identifying new methods and models for envisioning the social location of the authors (or redactors) of Kings, the nature of the intended audience or audiences, and the political and rhetorical implications of its construction. Soundings in Kings demonstrates the role of Kings as a cornerstone work within the Hebrew Bible, a crossroads between prophecy, poetry, wisdom, ancestral and national narrative, and ritual instruction.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Contributors
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part One: Sources and Transmission
- Part Two: Prophecy and Redaction
- Part Three: Authors and Audiences
- Response: Kings Resisting Privilege
- pp. 135-142
- Closing Remarks
- pp. 143-146
- Abbreviations
- pp. 147-150
- Author Index
- pp. 207-210
- Scripture Index
- pp. 211-223
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451412635
MARC Record
OCLC
823577496
Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No