The trouble with Kings
Subtitle: the composition of the book of Kings in the Deuteronomistic history
By: by Steven L. McKenzie
Series: Supplements to Vetus testamentum -- v. 42; Supplements to Vetus Testamentum -- v. 42.
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780585343969
Subjects: Redaction Criticism; Sources; D document (Biblical criticism); Document D (Critique biblique); RELIGION; Biblical Studies; Old Testament; Judaism; Sacred Writings; Bible
Description: This book investigates the composition of the book of Kings and its implications for the Deuteronomistic History ( DH ) of which it is a part. McKenzie analyses Kings on the basis of Noth's model of a single author/editor behind the original DH . He contends that the Deuteronomist ( Dtr ) wrote the series of oracles against the Northern royal houses without utilizing a prior, running prophetic document that some scholars have posited behind Samuel and Kings. He regards many other prophetic stories in Kings, including most of the Elijah and Elisha legends as later additions to the DH , in accord with Noth's recognition that the original DH was frequently supplemented by various writers. McKenzie illustrates Dtr 's compositional techniques in a treatment of the accounts of Hezekiah and Josiah in Kings. He tentatively dates Dtr to Josiah's reign but believes that tensions among the many later additions to the work, including the report from Josiah's death on, suggest that they are not the result of systematic editing (e.g., Dtr 2). The book offers the most up-to-date survey of research on the DH and the most recent detailed analysis of the lengthy variant version of Jeroboam's reign in LXXB at 1 Kings 12:24a-z. It offers a fresh perspective on the original shape of the DH based on recent scholarship and the author's own critical investigation.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-164).
Table of contents: title: Preliminary Material  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Introduction. The History of the History: The Theory of the Deuteronomistic History and the Problem of the Book of Kings  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: The Readers Digest® Account of Jeroboam: An Analysis of 3 Reigns 12:24a-z  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Tearing the Kingdom: The Jeroboam Cycle in 1 Kings 11-14  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Dog Food and Bird Food: The Oracles Against the Dynasties in the Book of Kings  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Prophets Come Lately: Prophetic Additions to the Book of Kings  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Trust and Obey: The Reigns of Hezekiah and Josiah  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: A Time for Everything: Dating the Deuteronomistic History  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: And Dtr2 Too?: The Question of a Second Systematic Redactor Behind the Book of Kings  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Conclusions. New and Improved: Suggested Revisions of Noth's Theory of the Deuteronomistic History  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Table of Dtr's History and Post-Dtr Additions  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Bibliography  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Index of Authors  -- Steven L. Mckenzie; title: Index of Biblical References -- Steven L. Mckenzie.