Textual and Literary Criticism of the Books of Kings Collected Essays (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)

Contents
Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Recensional Criticism of 4 Kingdoms 25:18–19
Chapter 2 Jeroboam and the Assembly at Shechem (MT 1 Kings 12:2–3a; LXX 3 Kingdoms 11:43; 12:24d, f, p)
	1 History of Research
	2 Delimitation and Spirit of the Parenthesis Clause
	3 Apodosis of the Main Period
	4 Contextual Relationships
	5 Conclusions
Chapter 3 The Alternative Stories about Solomon and Jeroboam (MT 1 Kings 12, 14 and LXX 3 Kingdoms 12:24b–z)
	1 Jeroboam’s Flight and Return and the Assembly at Shechem
	2 Ahijah’s/Shemaiah’s Symbolic Action and Oracle
	3 Shemaiah’s Oracle (1 Kgs 12:22–24)
	4 The Consultation of Jeroboam’s Wife with Ahijah of Shiloh on Her Ill Son’s Fate
	5 Summary
	6 Conclusions: Composition and Redaction of the Literary Cycle
	7 Final Conclusions
Chapter 4 The Supplements of LXX 3 Kingdoms 2:35a–o and 2:46a–l and the Main Body of the Composition of MT/LXX 1 Kings 4–10
	1 1 Kgs 4:20; 5:1–6 // LXX-S 2:46a, b, e, f, g, (h), i
	2 MT 3:1b // LXX 2:35c
	3 MT 9:15, 17b–18, 23–25 // LXX 2:35k, i, h, f, g
	4 The Construction of Solomon’s Temple and Palace (1 Kgs 5–7)
Chapter 5 Redaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings
	1 Jeroboam at the Assembly at Shechem: MT 1 Kgs 12:2 // LXX 11:43
	2 The Accession Formula: Text and Composition
	3 The Construction of Solomon’s Palace: MT 1 Kgs 7:1–12 // LXX 7:38–50
	4 The Translation Equivalent lkn = ouch houtōs (lʾ kn): Vorlage or Targum?
	5 Conclusions: Method in Identifying the Original Text of Kings
Chapter 6 “Kaige” Texts in the Vetus Latina of Kings (4 Kingdoms 10:25–28)
Chapter 7 Two Texts for a Story of a Resurrection: 2 Kings 13:20–21 (MT LXXB/LXXL OL)
	1 The Two Textual Forms
	2 The Two Literary Forms of the Narrative
	3 The Midrashic Account and the Midrashic Version
Chapter 8 The Old Greek of 3–4 Kingdoms: the Antiochene Text “before Lucian.” A Revision of A. Rahlfs, Lucians Rezension der Königsbücher
	1 Identity of the Basic Text of LXXL with a Pre-Hexaplaric Text Very Similar to That of the Vatican Codex
	2 The Basic Text of LXXL Cannot Simply Be Identified with That of Codex Vaticanus (Aeth)
	3 Pre-Lucianic Elements in LXXL
Chapter 9 2 Kings 11 (MT/LXXB/L): Textual Variants and Literary Unity of the Narrative
	1 Hiphil of the Verb mlk
	2 Coup d’État Accounts
	3 References to the Intervention of the People in Other Passages Alluding to the Coronation of a King Confirm the Previous Conclusions
Chapter 10 From the “Old Latin” through the “Old Greek” to the “Old Hebrew” (2 Kings 10:23–25)
Chapter 11 The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in the Books of Kings
	1 The Original Text of the LXX Version
	2 The Recensional History of the LXX Text
	3 The Hebrew Parent Text
	4 Conclusions
Chapter 12 Textual Affiliation of the Old Latin Marginal Readings in the Books of Judges and Kings
	1 The OL Marginal Readings in the Book of Judges
	2 The OL Marginal Readings in the Book of Kings
	3 Conclusions
Chapter 13 The Text-Critical Value of the Old Latinin Post-Qumranic Textual Criticism (1 Kings 18:26–29, 36–37)
	1 1 Kings 18:27
	2 1 Kings 18:36–37
	3 1 Kings 18:26, 29
Chapter 14 Samuel/Kings and Chronicles: Book Divisions and Textual Composition
	1 Divisions between the Books: Multiple Endings and Beginnings
	2 The Beginning of the Kaige Section (LXX 2 Kingdoms 11:1) and of the Succession History (2 Sam 11:1)
	3 Different Arrangements of the Text: 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles
	4 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles: Translatio Imperii or Translatio Templi
Chapter 15 Kings (MT/LXX) and Chronicles: the Double and Triple Textual Tradition
	1 The Mention of Moses in 1 Kgs 8:9 // 2 Chr 5:10; 2 Kgs 14:6 // 2 Chr 25:4; and 2 Kgs 21:8 // 2 Chr 33:8
	2 The Composition of the Solomon Narrative: 1 Kgs 3–10 MT/LXX and 2 Chronicles 1–9
	3 Old Elements of the Textual and Literary Tradition of Samuel–Kings
Chapter 16 Textual Criticism and the Literary Structure and Composition of 1–2 Kings/3–4 Kingdoms:the Different Sequence of Literary Units in MT and LXX
	1 Old Latin Readings in 2 Kgs 13:17
	2 The Literary Structure and Composition of 1–2 Kings/3–4 Kingdoms: Different Sequence of Literary Units in MT and LXX
	3 Conclusions
Chapter 17 The Contribution of the Old Latin to the Reconstruction of the Old Greek of Judges and Kings: “Doublets” and “Additions” of the Antiochene Text Missing in the Old Latin
	1 Judges
	2 1–2 Kings (3–4 Kingdoms)
Chapter 18 The Old Greek of Kings Preserved in Recent Witnesses: Manuscripts 158 and 56–246; the Marginal Readings of the Syro-Hexaplaric Text and the Syriac Text of Jacob of Edessa
	1 Antiochene Readings in Manuscript 158
	2 Antiochene Pre-Lucianic Readings in the Marginal Notes of the Syro-Hexaplaric Version
	3 Pre-Lucianic Readings in the Syriac Text of Jacob of Edessa (3 Kingdoms 1)
	4 Conclusions
Chapter 19 The Textual Growth of the Books of Kings:I. From Greek Hexaplaric Additions to Hebrew Editorial Glosses
	1 Hexaplaric Additions as Empirical Evidence of Editorial Activity in the Proto-MT and in the LXX’s Vorlage
	2 Textual Traces of Additions of the Proto-MT and of LXX’s Vorlage to Their Common Archetype
	3 Conclusions
Chapter 20 The Textual Growth of the Books of Kings: II. The Different Order of the Literary Units in MT and LXX and the Composition Process
	1 Transpositions in MT/LXX 1 Kings 4:17–20; 5:1–7: a Case Study Developed by Rahlfs as Model of Analysis
	2 Transpositions in MT/LXX throughout 1 Kings 3 to 10
	3 Transpositions in 1 Kings 11:1–25. The “Satans” against Solomon and Israel
	4 The Narratives of Jeroboam’s Revolt and Ahijah’s Symbolic Action
	5 The Narratives of the “Alternative History” (LXX 12:24a–z) Transposed from Rehoboam’s Reign to an Interregnum between Solomon and Rehoboam
	6 Transpositions in MT/LXX throughout 1 Kings 22 to 2 Kings 14
Index of References of Biblical Passages and Ancient Literature
Index of Modern Authors