Baruch Halpern, Ph.D. (1978) in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University, holds the Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies, and is Professor of Ancient History, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and Religious Studies, and Fellow of the Institute of Arts and Humanities, at Pennsylvania State University.André Lemaire, Ph.D. (1973) in Oriental Studies, University of Paris III is correspondent of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres (Paris) and Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic Philology and Epigraphy at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne, Paris). He has published extensively on Bible and West Semitic Epigraphy including NAISSANCE DU MONOTHÉISME. Point de vue d'un historien (Paris, Bayard, 2003) = THE BIRTH OF MONOTHEISM (Washington, Biblical Archaeology Society, 2007).

• PrefaceTerms, Sigla, and AbbreviationsPART ONETEXTUAL TRADITION OF THE BOOK OF KINGSThe Septuagint in the Text History of 1-2 KingsAdrian SchenkerQumran Fragments of the Books of KingsJulio Trebolle BarreraThe Text of 1-2 Kings Used by JosephusÉtienne NodetPART TWOKINGS AS A LITERARY WORKTheories of the Redaction(s) of KingsGary N. KnoppersCharacterization in KingsRobert L. CohnThe Composition of KingsBaruch Halpern and André LemaireBooks and Writing in KingsAlan R. MillardPART THREEKINGS AND ITS NEAR EASTERN MILIEUThe Book of Kings and Ancient Near Eastern HistoriographyMario LiveraniKings and External Textual Sources: Assyrian, Babylonian and North-West SemiticAlan R. MillardPART FOURTHE PEOPLE OF KINGSThe MoabitesPaul-Eugène Dion and P. M. Michèle DaviauEdom and the EdomitesAndré LemaireAmmonites and the Books of KingsWalter E. AufrechtHiram of Tyre and SolomonEdward LipińskiThe Aramaeans of Syria: Some Considerations on Their Origin and Material CultureHélène SaderPhilistines in the Books of KingsSeymour GitinExternal Sources: Neohittite StatesKenneth A. KitchenExternal Sources: EgyptKenneth A. KitchenExternal Sources: Early ArabiaKenneth A. KitchenPART FIVEDETAILED ISSUES OF KINGS“The Prophets” – References to Generic Prophets and Their Role in the Construction of the Image of the “Prophets of Old” within the Postmonarchic Readership(s) of the Books of KingsEhud Ben ZviPriesthood and the Development of Cult in the Books of KingsWolfgang ZwickelDates and Calendars in KingsGershon GalilLaw in KingsRaymond WestbrookOfficialdom and Society in the Books of Kings: The Social Relevance of the StateIzabela JaruzelskaTrade in 1-2 KingsDaniel M. MasterArchaeology and the Question of Sources in KingsWilliam G. DeverPART SIXRECEPTION IN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITYKings in JosephusSilvia CastelliThe Books of Kings in New Testament and the Apostolic FathersMagnus ZetterholmElijah and the Books of Kings in Rabbinic LiteratureKarin Hedner-Zetterholm