King Josiah of Judah : the lost messiah of Israel / Marvin A. Sweeney.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: xvi, 350 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0195133242 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780195133240 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 222.606 23
- BS1286 .S94 2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and indexes.
Pt. I. The Deuteronomistic History -- 1. 2 Kings 23:31-25.30 and the Exilic Edition of the DtrH -- 2. The Regnal Evaluation of Josiah in 2 Kings 22:1-23.30 -- 3. The Regnal Evaluation of Manasseh in 2 Kings 21:1-18 -- 4. The Regnal Evaluation of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18-20 -- 5. The Presentation of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17 -- 6. The Critique of Solomon in 1 Kings 1-11 and 2 Samuel 9/11-24 -- 7. David, Saul, and the Presentation of the Judges -- 8. Joshua -- 9. Deuteronomy -- 10. Conclusion to Part I -- Pt. II. Prophetic Literature and Josiah's Reign -- 11. Zephaniah -- 12. Nahum -- 13. Jeremiah -- 14. Isaiah -- 15. Hosea -- 16. Amos -- 17. Micah -- 18. Habakkuk -- 19. Conclusion to Part II.
Publisher description: King Josiah of Judah is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of Israel. Using synchronic and diachronic analuses of the Deuteronomistic History, Deuteronomy, and selected prophetic books, Marvin Sweeney reconstructs the ideological perspectives of King Josiah's program of religious and national restoration.