The king and the cemeteries : toward a new understanding of Josiah's reform /

The king and the cemeteries : toward a new understanding of Josiah's reform /

This book presents new examinations of the reports of Josiah's reform in 2 Kgs. 23:4-20 + 24 and 2 Chron. 34:3-7 and related biblical passages (especially 1 Kgs.12:33-13:32), concentrating on the likely compositional history of this material and its usefulness as a source for reconstructing the...

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Main Author: Barrick, W. Boyd, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 88
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 88.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.

Subjects:

Josiah, > King of Judah.
Bible. > Kings, 2nd, XXIII, 4-20 > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews > History > To 586 B.C.

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Call Number: BS410 BS1335.52 .V452 vol. 88

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • Preliminary Matters
  • Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (I): The Chronicler's Account
  • Josiah's Reform as Reported in Kings (I): Bethel and/or Jerusalem?
  • Josiah's Reform as Reported in Chronicles (II): Another Look at 2 Chronicles 34:4-5
  • Josiah's Reform in Kings (II): The Waw-Conjunctive Passages
  • Josiah's Reform in Kings (III): Compositional Implications
  • Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (I): Josiah's Judah
  • Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (II): Tomb-Robbing and Bone-Burning (2 Kings 23:16A)
  • Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (III) Josiah and the Bamoth
  • Some Historical Aspects of Josiah's Reform (Iv): The Man and the Monument
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Terms.