Characters and characterization in the Book of Kings / edited by Keith Bodner and Benjamin J. M. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bodner, Keith, 1967- editor.

Johnson, Benjamin J. M., 1982- editor.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 670.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 670

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Kings--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Kings.

Characters and characteristics in the Bible.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2020.

Contents:

Characterization and ethics / John Barton

Ahaz and Jeroboam / A. Graeme Auld

Bathsheba between the lines and beneath the surface / Sara Koenig

The portrait of Solomon in the book of Kings / Amos Frisch

Rehabilitating Rehoboam / Rachelle Gilmour

Deceiving the man of God from Judah: a question of motive / Paul Hedley Jones

Dancing with death; dancing with life: Ahab between Jezebel and Elijah / Lissa M. Wray Beal

Jezebel now: gazing through multiple windows / Athalya Brenner-Idan

An ambivalent hero: Elijah in narrative-critical perspective / Iain Provan

The character of Elisha and his bones / Stuart Lasine

He's driving like Jehu

like a madman: humor and violence in 2 Kings 9-10 / Mark Roncace

Athaliah: the queen who was not / Patricia Dutcher-Walls

Artifacts of scenery or agents of change? A subaltern character in 2 Kings 4:1-7 / Gina Hens-Piazza

The trust of Hezekiah: in YHWH... and Assyria, Egypt, and Babylon (2 Kings 18-20) / David T. Lamb

Manasseh the boring: lack of character in 2 Kings 21 / Alison L. Joseph

To reform or not to reform: characterization and ethical reading of Josiah in Kings / S. Min Chun

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567680907

0567680908

OCLC:

1122867464