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King Josiah of Judah : the lost messiah of Israel / Marvin A. Sweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sweeney, Marvin A. (Marvin Alan), 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Josiah, King of Judah.
- Josiah.
- Bible. O.T. Prophets (Neviim)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Former Prophets--Historiography.
- Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism).
- Jews--History--To 586 B.C--Historiography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author shows how King Josiah's reform program to unify Israel and Judah around the Jerusalem temple, laid the foundation for the exilic thinkers who rescued Judaism from the obscurity of Babylonian defeat and exile.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Deuteronomistic history
- pt. 2. Prophetic literature and Josiah's reign.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028528-1
- 0-19-803052-5
- 1-4294-0178-8
- 9786610530786
- 1-280-53078-2
- OCLC:
- 922952859
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