Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical TextLauren Monroe argues that the use of cultic and ritual language in the account of the Judean King Josiah's reforms in 2 Kings 22-23 is key to understanding the history of the text's composition, and illuminates the essential, interrelated processes of textual growth and identity construction in ancient Israel. |
Contents
The Dynamics of Defilement in 2 Kings 2223 | 3 |
420 | 23 |
Josiahs Reform in Deuteronomistic Perspective | 45 |
The Holiness Substratum and Deuteronomistic Revision of 2 Kings 23420 | 77 |
5 Literary Historiographic and Historical Implications | 121 |
Notes | 139 |
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