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Good kings and bad kings /

GRABBE, Lester L (ed.)

Good kings and bad kings / The kingdom of Judah in the seventh century BCE edited by Lester L. Grabbe. - London ; New York : T&T Clark International, c2007 - x, 371 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 393 European seminar in historical methodology ; 5 .

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Lester L. Grabbe -- Why a reform like Josiah's must have happened / Rainer Albertz -- Josiah and the prophetic books : some observations / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Josiah and the law book / Philip R. Davies -- Kingdom of Judah from Sennacherib's invasion to the fall of Jerusalem : if we only had the Bible / Lester L. Grabbe -- King Josiah in the climax of the Deuteronomic history (2 Kings 22-23) and the pre-Deuteronomic document of a cult reform at the place of residence (23.4-15) : criticism of sources, reconstruction of literary pre-stages and the theology of history in 2 Kings 22-23 / Christof Hardmeier -- Glorious days of Manasseh / Ernst Axel Knauf -- Josiah and the kingdom of Judah / Nadav Na'aman -- Blackballing of Manasseh / Francesca Stavrakopoulou -- King Manasseh of Judah and the problem of theodicy in the Deuteronomistic history / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Was there a cult reform under King Josiah? The case for a well-grounded minimum / Christoph Uehlinger -- Importance of archaeology of the seventh century / David A. Warburton -- Reflections on the discussions / Lester L. Grabbe.

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