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Book SynopsisThis collaborative commentary on, or dictionary of, Kings, explores cross-cutting aspects of Kings ranging from the analysis of its composition, historically regarded, to its transmission and reception. Ample attention is accorded sources, figures and peoples who play a part in the book. The commentary deals with Kings’ treatment in translation and role in later ancient literature. While our comments do not proceed verse by verse, the volume furnishes guidance, from contributors highly qualified to advance contemporary discussion, on the book's historical background, its literary intentions and characteristics, and on themes and motifs central to its understanding, both of itself and of the world from which it arose. This volume functions as a meta-commentary, offering windows into the secondary literature, but assembling data more fully than is the case in individual commentaries.
Table of ContentsPreface Terms, Sigla, and Abbreviations PART ONE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE BOOK OF KINGS The Septuagint in the Text History of 1-2 Kings Adrian Schenker Qumran Fragments of the Books of Kings Julio Trebolle Barrera The Text of 1-2 Kings Used by Josephus Étienne Nodet PART TWO KINGS AS A LITERARY WORK Theories of the Redaction(s) of Kings Gary N. Knoppers Characterization in Kings Robert L. Cohn The Composition of Kings Baruch Halpern and André Lemaire Books and Writing in Kings Alan R. Millard PART THREE KINGS AND ITS NEAR EASTERN MILIEU The Book of Kings and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Mario Liverani Kings and External Textual Sources: Assyrian, Babylonian and North-West Semitic Alan R. Millard PART FOUR THE PEOPLE OF KINGS The Moabites Paul-Eugène Dion and P. M. Michèle Daviau Edom and the Edomites André Lemaire Ammonites and the Books of Kings Walter E. Aufrecht Hiram of Tyre and Solomon Edward Lipiński The Aramaeans of Syria: Some Considerations on Their Origin and Material Culture Hélène Sader Philistines in the Books of Kings Seymour Gitin External Sources: Neohittite States Kenneth A. Kitchen External Sources: Egypt Kenneth A. Kitchen External Sources: Early Arabia Kenneth A. Kitchen PART FIVE DETAILED ISSUES OF KINGS “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 Priesthood and the Development of Cult in the Books of Kings Wolfgang Zwickel Dates and Calendars in Kings Gershon Galil Law in Kings Raymond Westbrook Officialdom and Society in the Books of Kings: The Social Relevance of the State Izabela Jaruzelska Trade in 1-2 Kings Daniel M. Master Archaeology and the Question of Sources in Kings William G. Dever PART SIX RECEPTION IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY Kings in Josephus Silvia Castelli The Books of Kings in New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers Magnus Zetterholm Elijah and the Books of Kings in Rabbinic Literature Karin Hedner-Zetterholm
