Josiah

From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78179-858-4
Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

Reihe: Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Handy, Lowell K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. Josiah Was Dead to Begin With 2. The Wise Man? The Busy Scribes 3. Josiah Is Not Jeroboam and Other Kingly Questions 4. A Man of God and Huldah: Prophets in the Tale of Josiah 5. Religion in the Time of Josiah: Reconstruction, Text, and Invention 6. Time for a Change (er, um, a "Reform")? 7. An Invitation to Dinner: Josiah and His Passover 8. The Popular Afterlife of Josiah: The King in World History 9. Art of the Story of the King 10. Creating Memories of Josiah

Über Autor(innen)

Handy, Lowell K.
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.