Book of Kings
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A Pre-teaching Interpretation Paper: Today, the word “Messiah” commonly incites George Handel’s renowned oratorio or the person of Jesus Christ, whose second name is a Greek translation of the word. This is understandable given the... more
This article investigates: 1) the identification of the 'real' Hezekiah's tunnel, as described in 2 Chr. 32:30 (see also 2 Kgs 20:20); and 2) the identification of 'the springs and the stream that flowed through the land' in 2 Chr.... more
Internationaler Doktoranden-Workshop am 12. und 13. Juni 2015 in Tübingen.
Manasseh of Judah: an idolatrous ruler and murderer to be condemned, as depicted in 2 Kgs 21:1-18, or a converted sinner and restorer of his kingdom, a pattern to follow, as presented in 2 Chr 33:1-20? These two biblical portrayals of the... more
After detailed observations on K.I. Parker’s thesis (’Repetition as a Structuring Device in 1 Kings 1-11’, JSOT 42 [1988], pp. 19-27), another theory about the structure of the narrative of Solomon’s reign in Kings (NSR) is presented.... more
Author: Brenda Griffin Warren Publisher: CBE International This study on the prophetess Huldah as found in 2 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 34 will include a background study of prophets and prophecy of the Old Testament. This study will... more
"This collaborative commentary on Kings explores cross-cutting aspects of Kings ranging from the analysis of its composition, historically regarded, to its transmission and reception. Ample attention is accorded sources and figures and... more
Excavations conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority at Tel Lachish exposed the southern half of the six-chambered gate in Level III. In the eastern chamber, a gate shrine was uncovered. The shrine was split in two: a... more
The famous baths of two biblical women, Bathsheba and Susanna, captured the lust of their respective onlookers. Despite what is not a hint of seductive intent in their stories, many interpreters have portrayed these two characters as,... more
An examination of the geographical sources of Solomon’s luxury, as specified in the book of Kings. The aim is not to demonstrate whether the tenth century kingdom existed, but instead, by identifying the cultural sources of the Solomon... more
Bibliography of 2 Kings 4,8-37 (The Raising of the Son of the Shunnamite)
Chapter from Catherine Grandjean, Christophe Hugoniot, Brigitte Lion, eds, Le banquet du monarque dans le monde antique (2013) available from Presses Universitaires de Rennes An examination of the geographical sources of Solomon’s... more
Lavoro scritto per il seminario sulla metodologia dell'analisi narrativa con prof. Jean Louis Ska, in PIB, primavera 2017.
Este arquivo contém os slides de Teologia Bíblica de 1-2Reis das aulas de TBAT1 que leciono no Seminário Bíblico Palavra da Vida. This file contains the slides about Biblical Theology of 1-2Kings of the BTOT classes that I teach at the... more
In this article, the stories of Balaam's donkey (num. 22.22-35) and the man of God from Judah (1 Kgs 13) are analyzed independently and are also compared for similarities. Features that are common to both accounts include: the importance... more
The present paper examines the phenomena of expansion of biblical texts at the cost of exclusion of rival authoritative textual traditions known from the Samaritan Pentateuch and the pre-Samaritan biblical scrolls from Qumran... more
The Temple in Jerusalem, both the First and Second, was conceived and appointed in a manner intended to enhance its nature as a microcosm of the universe. I will illustrate this nature in several ways, first mentioning some of the... more
Analisis morfosintactico, semantico, estructura y mensaje del texto.
This article for Margreet Steiner describes and evaluates the contribution of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology from 1997 to 2011 to the professional use of archaeology in the reconstruction of the history of Late Bronze and... more
This thesis is a literary analysis of minor secondary characters in the Elisha narratives (2 Kings 2-8). I define a minor secondary character as one that appears once or twice in this corpus and either plays a minor role or a... more
SOMMAIRE Cet article examine le récit de Jézabel, en particulier 2 R 9,22.30, afin d’y déceler des indices de sexualisation de la reine phénicienne, devenue femme fatale dans l’histoire de la réception. D’abord, l’auteure s’intéresse à... more
With help of a religious-historical and theological analysis of Joshua 24 as part of the Primary History (Genesis - 2 Kings), also in relation to Late Bronze and Iron Age archaeological remains of the Southern Levant, this lecture... more
In dieser Arbeit wird der Text in 1.Kön 6-7 in seinem Kontext und von mehreren Blickwinkeln untersucht. Es wird versucht am Ende zu einem Gesamtbild zu kommen, das alle diese Blickwinkel zusammenführt und – hoffentlich – auch einige neue... more
forthcoming in: The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection: Papers from the Fifteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea... more
Œuvre fondatrice de la culture et de la littérature iraniennes, le Livre des rois (Shâhnâmeh) de Ferdowsi est une épopée royale de guerre et de sagesse, écrite au tournant des Xe-XIe siècles. Longue d’environ 52’000 distiques, elle... more