Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings
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Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings

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Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings

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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.

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Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2019
ISBN
9780567680914
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Chapter 1 Characterization and Ethics (John Barton)
  9. Chapter 2 Ahaz and Jeroboam (A. Graeme Auld)
  10. Chapter 3 Bathsheba between the Lines and beneath the Surface (Sara Koenig)
  11. Chapter 4 The Portrait of Solomon in the Book of Kings (Amos Frisch)
  12. Chapter 5 Rehabilitating Rehoboam (Rachelle Gilmour)
  13. Chapter 6 Deceiving the Man of God from Judah: A Question of Motive (Paul Hedley Jones)
  14. Chapter 7 Dancing with Death; Dancing with Life: Ahab between Jezebel and Elijah (Lissa M. Wray Beal)
  15. Chapter 8 Jezebel Now: Gazing through Multiple Windows (Athalya Brenner-Idan)
  16. Chapter 9 An Ambivalent Hero: Elijah in Narrative-Critical Perspective (Iain Provan)
  17. Chapter 10 The Character of Elisha and His Bones (Stuart Lasine)
  18. Chapter 11 He’s Driving Like Jehu—Like a Madman: Humor and Violence in 2 Kings 9–10 (Mark Roncace)
  19. Chapter 12 Athaliah: The Queen Who Was Not (Patricia Dutcher-Walls)
  20. Chapter 13 Artifacts of Scenery or Agents of Change? A Subaltern Character in 2 Kings 4:1-7 (Gina Hens-Piazza)
  21. Chapter 14 The Trust of Hezekiah: In YHWH … and Assyria, Egypt, and Babylon (2 Kings 18–20) (David T. Lamb)
  22. Chapter 15 Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 (Alison L. Joseph)
  23. Chapter 16 To Reform or Not to Reform: Characterization and Ethical Reading of Josiah in Kings (S. Min Chun)
  24. Afterword
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index of References
  27. Index of Authors