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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 January 2019
      24 January 2019
      ISBN:
      9781316414910
      9781107124028
      9781107568709
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316414910
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 278 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 278 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Religion, Theology
      Series:
      Old Testament Theology
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    Subjects:
    Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Religion, Theology
    Series:
    Old Testament Theology
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    1 and 2 Kings unfolds an epic narrative that concludes the long story of Israel's experience with institutional monarchy, a sequence of events that begins with the accession of Solomon and the establishment of the Jerusalem temple, moves through the partition into north and south, and leads inexorably toward the nation's destruction and the passage to exile in Babylon. Keith Bodner's The Theology of the Book of Kings provides a reading of the narrative attentive to its literary sophistication and theological subtleties, as the cast of characters - from the royal courts to the rural fields - are variously challenged to resist the tempting pathway of political and spiritual accommodations and instead maintain allegiance to their covenant with God. In dialogue with a range of contemporary interpreters, this study is a preliminary exploration of some theological questions that arise from the Kings narrative, while inviting contemporary communities of faith into deeper engagement with this enduring account of divine reliability amidst human scheming and rapaciousness.

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