Abstract
Yet Linville is skeptical of attempts to pinpoint the circles responsible for producing Kings, rejecting the catchall term "Deuteronomists," and readily admitting that "reconstructing from Kings a precise map of the society and times which produced it is fraught with difficulty" (p. 106). [...]the appearance of Judah as an entity distinct from Israel signals a setback to the ideal. Nor does Linville's reading of the covenant renewal and Passover celebration in 2 Kings 23 as "part of the progression towards exile" (p. 251) leave one with a satisfactory understanding of Josiah's activism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 116-118 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Book Reviews ; Religion ; Arts & Humanities ; Group identity ; Books ; Book reviews ; Social identity