Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings (Hardcover)

List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Characterization and Ethics - John Barton 2. Ahaz and Jeroboam A. - Graeme Auld 3. Bathsheba Between the Lines and Beneath the Surface - Sara Koenig 4. The Portrait of Solomon in the Book of Kings - Amos Frisch 5. Rehabilitating Rehoboam - Rachelle Gilmour 6. Deceiving the Man of God from Judah: A Question of Motive - Paul Hedley Jones 7. Dancing with Death; Dancing with Life: Ahab between Jezebel and Elijah - Lissa M. Wray Beal 8. Jezebel Now: Gazing through Multiple Windows - Athalya Brenner-Idan 9. An Ambivalent Hero: Elijah in Narrative-Critical Perspective - Iain Provan 10. The Character of Elisha and His Bones - Stuart Lasine 11. He's Driving Like Jehu-Like a Madman: Humor and Violence in 2 Kings 9-10 - Mark Roncace 12. Athaliah: the Queen Who was Not - Patricia Dutcher-Walls 13. Artifacts of Scenery or Agents of Change? A Subaltern Character in II Kings 4:1-7 - Gina Hens-Piazza 14. The Trust of Hezekiah: In YHWH.and Assyria, Egypt, and Babylon (2 Kings 18-20) - David T. Lamb 15. Manasseh the Boring: Lack of Character in 2 Kings 21 - Alison L. Joseph 16. To Reform or Not to Reform: Characterization and Ethical Reading of Josiah in Kings - S. Min Chun Afterword Bibliography Index