Böcker av Keith Bodner

The greatest screenwriters of our age could hardly craft a better script than the Book of Kings, a riveting drama with a vast array of actors from kings and queens to farm workers and military leaders. This study attempts to help readers better understand the reason for the composition of Kings and how it might be interpreted by readers today.

Bodner argues that literary analysis has value for exploring numerous issues in the Hebrew Bible, including text-critical problems, the Deuteronomistic History, and Chronicles. Essays petition for a heightened awareness of the artistic achievement of the Hebrew Bible and illustrate that literary thinking is necessary for biblical interpretation.

This book explores the characterization of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 11-14, tracing the rise and fall of this notorious figure. Close analysis of the Hebrew text reveals a literary achievement of great subtlety and suggests the arrival of Jeroboam's kingship can be read as a direct response to scandalous activity within the Solomonic empire.