num_pages: 273
description: Richard Nelson examines the books of Kings and treats the text as theological literature, emphasizing the literary impact of this important part of the Old Testament canon. Nelson recognizes King's as a useful though uncritical source of historical information, its purpose to transform the beliefs of its first readers, to get them to re-evaluate their identity before God.
language: English
title: First and Second Kings
titlecomplete: First and Second Kings (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching)
genres: Religion
ratings_count: 20
series: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
publisher: John Knox Press