The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings

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The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings
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Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1 Text and Language
	1. Reading and Assessing the Books of Kings Manuscripts from Qumran
	2. Greek Versions of the Books of Kings
	3. Other Ancient Versions of the Books of Kings
	4. Textual History of the Books of Kings
	5. The Language of the Books of Kings
Part 2 Compositional History
	6. The Books of Kings, Deuteronomy, and the Deuteronomistic History
	7. Theories of the Composition of the Books of Kings
	8. Shared Texts with Isaiah and Jeremiah
Part 3 Literary Overtures
	9. Solomon and Jeroboam I
	10. Elijah and Elisha
	11. Jezebel and Jehu
	12. Hezekiah and Josiah
Part 4 History
	13. Iron Age Inscriptions and the Books of Kings: A Window into Geopolitics, Languages, and Literacies
	14. Royal Chronology
	15. The Archaeology of the United Monarchy and the Kingdom of Israel
	16. History and Archaeology: The Kingdom of Judah
	17. Recent Issues in History: Can We Speak of a United Monarchy or an Independent Judah?
	18. Inscribing the Past: Kings and the Conditions of Knowledge
Part 5 Themes
	19. Prophecy in the Books of Kings
	20. Solomon’s Temple in the Books of Kings
	21. Cult Centralization in the Books of Kings
	22. Law in the Books of Kings
	23. Davidic Covenant and Dynasty in the Books of Kings
Part 6 Reception
	24. The Books of Kings and Chronicles
	25. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Second Temple Judaism
	26. The Reception of the Books of Kings in the New Testament
	27. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Rabbinic Literature
	28. The Reception of the Books of Kings in the Church Fathers
	29. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Medieval Judaism: Abravanel’s 1493 Commentary as a Case Study
	30. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Medieval Christianity
	31. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Islam
	32. The Reception of the Books of Kings in Ethiopia
Part 7 Select Ideological Readings
	33. Reading against the Literary Matrix of Power and Privilege in Kings
	34. Gender Studies and Kings
	35. Postcolonial\\Native Readings of Kings
	36. Reading Kings through the Lenses of Trauma
	37. African Readings of the Books of Kings
	38. Academic Research on Kings in China
General Index
Index of Biblical References