دانلود کتاب The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography

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Cover\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nList of Figures and Tables\nList of Abbreviations\nPreface\nChapter 1 Kings as Political Historiography\n 1.1. Introduction\n 1.2. Method and Previous Work\n 1.3. Challenges to Reading Kings as Political Historiography\n 1.3.1. The Literary Context of Kings and DtrH\n 1.3.2. The Historical Context of Kings\n 1.3.3. Summary and Synopsis of the Present Work\nChapter 2 The Narrative Strategy of Kings\n 2.1. The Challenge of Structuring Kings\n 2.2. Juxtaposition and Meaning: The Aborted Attack on Moab\n 2.3. The Literary Structure of Kings\n 2.3.1. Narrative Arcs in Kings: The Word of God and Its Fulfilment\n 2.3.2. Kings as Narrative Intercalation\n 2.3.3. The Plot: Inner and Outer Kings\n 2.3.4. Supporting Evidence\n 2.4. Conclusions: The Narrative Strategy of Kings\nChapter 3 Covenant: What Is Israel?\n 3.1. The Mosaic Covenant in Kings\n 3.2. The Covenant as Destiny: A Framework for Political Identity\n 3.2.1. Deuteronomy and Political Identity\n 3.2.2. David within the Covenant\n 3.2.3. The Covenant and Repentance: Josiah’s Reforms\n 3.2.4. Covenant, Grace, and Destiny\n 3.3. The Covenant within the Historiography of Kings: Political Redefinition\n 3.3.1. Conquest: Solomon’s Golden Age\n 3.3.2. Conflict: Elijah’s Struggle for the Soul of Israel\n 3.3.3. Crisis: The Assyrian Dark Ages\n 3.3.4. Why the Exile? Manasseh as Culmination\n 3.4. Conclusions\nChapter 4 Nationhood: Who Is Israel?\n 4.1. Nationhood: The Name ‘Israel’\n 4.1.1. The United Monarchy\n 4.1.2. Judah\n 4.1.3. Both Peoples, but Neither Kingdom\n 4.2. Israelite Boundary Markers and the Nations: The Resettlement of 2 Kings 17\n 4.3. Israel-Incipient: The Preservation of a Remnant\n 4.3.1. The Ahab Cycle: From Baal to Jeroboam’s Yahwism\n 4.3.2. The Jeroboam Cycle: From Israel to Judah\n 4.3.3. From Judah to Exile\n 4.4. Conclusions\nChapter 5 Land: Where Is Israel?\n 5.1. The Political Significance of the Promised Land\n 5.2. Centralisation of Worship in the Book of Kings\n 5.2.1. Name Theology, Sacrifice, and Prayer\n 5.2.2. The Shrine ( במות ) Theme: Yahweh or Apostasy\n 2.3. Centralisation of Worship: Summary\n 5.3. Israel’s Relationship to the Land: The Status of the Land during the Exile\n 5.3.1. The ‘Empty Land’ Motif and Land Ideology\n 5.3.2. Land, City, and Temple: 2 Kings 24–25\n 5.3.3. The Empty Land in Kings\n 5.4. Yahweh’s Relationship to the Land\n 5.4.1. Yahweh Uncontainable: God Over Every Land\n 5.4.2. Yahweh Locatable: Found in a Place\n 5.5. Conclusions\nChapter 6 Rule: The King after Exile\n 6.1. Royal Ideology and the Book of Kings\n 6.2. The Deuteronomic Ideal for Kingship\n 6.2.1. The Exemplary Role of David\n 6.2.2. The Paradigmatic Virtues of the Incomparable Kings\n 6.2.3. Democratisation of Monarchy: Rehoboam and the Role of the ‘People of the Land’\n 6.3. The Deuteronomic Moderation of Zion Kingship\n 6.3.1. Solomon’s Zion and the ANE Royal Ideal\n 6.3.2. Zion and Ancient Near Eastern Shepherd Kings\n 6.4. The Future of the Monarchy\n 6.4.1. Prophetic and Royal Power: Elisha and the Aramaean Wars\n 6.4.2. The Question of a Messiah\n 6.4.3. Conclusions\nChapter 7 Conclusions: Israel among the Nations\n 7.1. The Political Vision of Outer Kings\n 7.2. The Political Vision of Inner Kings\nAppendix: Promise and Fulfilment Narrative Arcs in Kings\nBibliography\nIndex of References\nIndex of Authors\nIndex of Names and Places