Characters and characterization in the book of Kings
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Characters and characterization in the book of Kings
（Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies, 670）（T & T Clark library of Biblical studies）
T&T Clark, 2021, c2020
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Originally published: 2020
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is an examination of characters in the books of Kings; showing how understanding and interpretation of key characters affects readings of the story. The volume begins with more general pieces addressing how the study of characters can shed light on the composition history of Kings and on how characters and characterization can be considered with respect to ethics, particularly with respect to the moral complexity of biblical characters.
Contributors then consider key characters within the Kings narrative in depth, such as Nathan, Bathsheba, Solomon and Jezebel. The contributors use their own specific expertise to analyze these characters and more, drawing on insights from literary theory and considering such approaches as questioning our view of a particular character with based on the character within the text with whom we identify. Contributors also assess whether or not characters as portrayed in the biblical text necessarily match up to their possible counterparts in history.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Characterization and Ethics - John Barton 2. Ahaz and Jeroboam A. - Graeme Auld 3. Bathsheba Between the Lines and Beneath the Surface - Sara Koenig 4. The Portrait of Solomon in the Book of Kings - Amos Frisch 5. Rehabilitating Rehoboam - Rachelle Gilmour 6. Deceiving the Man of God from Judah: A Question of Motive - Paul Hedley Jones 7. Dancing with Death
- Dancing with Life: Ahab between Jezebel and Elijah - Lissa M. Wray Beal 8. Jezebel Now: Gazing through Multiple Windows - Athalya Brenner-Idan 9. An Ambivalent Hero: Elijah in Narrative-Critical Perspective - Iain Provan 10. The Character of Elisha and His Bones - Stuart Lasine 11. He's Driving Like Jehu-Like a Madman: Humor and Violence in 2 Kings 9-10 - Mark Roncace 12. Athaliah: the Queen Who was Not - Patricia Dutcher-Walls 13. Artifacts of Scenery or Agents of Change? A Subaltern Character in II Kings 4:1-7 - Gina Hens-Piazza 14. The Trust of Hezekiah: In YHWH...and Assyria, Egypt, and Babylon (2 Kings 18-20) - David T. Lamb 15. Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 - Alison L. Joseph 16. To Reform or Not to Reform: Characterization and Ethical Reading of Josiah in Kings - S. Min Chun Afterword Bibliography Index
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