Josiah

From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography

AvLowell K Handy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book considers the various ways in which the last major King of Judah has been presented in biblical texts and the subsequent cultures that have made use of the biblical narratives. It is posited that there is no reliable material that can be dated to the time of Josiah and that the literary constructions of Josiah's reign in Kings, Chronicles, and First Esdras already provided the inventive memory of a no longer recoverable monarch's life. Aspects of these narratives are considered as well as the history of Josiah in historiographical renditions of world history and in presenting his story in narrative artistic productions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:27 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
Antal sidor:372
Förlag:Equinox Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781781798577

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Lowell K. Handy, now retired, taught for 15 years at Loyola University Chicago and was employed at the American Theological Library Association Religion Index Project for 28 years. He has been an active member of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research, Society of Biblical Literature, and American Schools of Oriental Research. In addition to journal articles and reference entries, Dr. Handy has published several books, including: Among the Host of Heaven: The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy; Entertaining Faith: Reading Short Stories in the Bible; Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story; and edited volumes: The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium; Psalm 29 through Time and Tradition.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Josiah Was Dead to Begin With2. The Wise Man? The Busy Scribes3. Josiah Is Not Jeroboam and Other Kingly Questions4. A Man of God and Huldah: Prophets in the Tale of Josiah5. Religion in the Time of Josiah: Reconstruction, Text, and Invention6. Time for a Change (er, um, a “Reform”)?7. An Invitation to Dinner: Josiah and His Passover8. The Popular Afterlife of Josiah: The King in World History9. Art of the Story of the King10. Creating Memories of Josiah