From David to Gedaliah : the book of Kings as story and history

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

From David to Gedaliah : the book of Kings as story and history

Bob Becking

(Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 228)

Academic Press , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, c2007

  • : Academic Press
  • : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Available at  / 3 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-219) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The ten essays in this volume all deal with various aspects of the interpretation of the Book of Kings. Bob Becking tries to set a course between Scylla and Charibdis. Both 'minimalism' and 'maximalism' are avoided by trying to apply a variety of methods: narratology, historical criticism and theological analysis. This implies that extra-biblical evidence -- the Tell Dan inscription, Assyrian royal inscriptions, West Semitic seal inscriptions -- are taken into account. Selected texts from this biblical book are read on the basis of a three-dimensional matrix: (1) the narrative character of the story/stories; (2) the value and function of extra-biblical material, be it of an epigraphical or an archaeological character; (3) the art of history-writing both ancient and modern. The essays are arranged according to the order in which the relevant texts or their main characters figure in the Book of Kings. Originally published between 1987 and 2005, they have been updated for publication in the present collection.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

Page Top