Having reigned only three months, Jehoiachin appears to have been an insignificant king in the tumultuous last days of Judah. But his rehabilitation at the end of 1-2 Kings and the attention he receives in Jeremiah and Ezekiel suggest that his theological significance outweighs …
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The figure of David in the narratives of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles has inspired and fascinated writers, artists and the devout since ancient times. They have been drawn by the complexity of the character, presented as chosen by Yahweh to be king of Israel, exhibiting strong t…
This study offers a narratological and intertextual reading of Jeremiah 37:1–40:6. This text features the interaction of and relationship between the prophet Jeremiah and King Zedekiah just before and immediately following the fall of Jerusalem. The stories are narrated in a liv…
The text of the early chapters of 1 Kings (3 Reigns in Greek) diverges widely in its two main witnesses, the Masoretic Hebrew text and the Old Greek translation of the Septuagint. In the past divergences of this kind were often attributed to the freedom of the translator. Howeve…
This study examines the individual relationships of the kings of Israel and Judah with Israelite and non-Israelite peoples of Transjordan with special emphasis on the biblical evidence. Having identified these relationships, this study argues that the Israelite constituency loca…
The nature of royal inscriptions is such that it can be extremely difficult to judge the sincerity behind the rhetoric. These texts are replete with statements of self aggrandizement, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Among the many claims within the inscriptions is that the kings we…
The books of 1 and 2 Kings explicitly focus on the ideological motivations of the DtrH, but within this narrative, the text leaves intrinsic clues on the economic structures within ancient Israel. This study uses the anthropological paradigm of Karl Polanyi as a lens to analyze …
This dissertation resolves a number of ideological difficulties in 1 Kings 1-11 through use of an adjusted model of the popular Double Redaction theory of the Deuteronomistic History (Db1R). (The Db1R holds that the biblical books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and …
This dissertation examines the emergence of deuteronomic theology in pre-exilic Judah by reconstructing a social-economic setting for reform of the First Temple cult. The establishment and support of a monarchical state introduced serious social tensions, usually kept in check b…