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The second book of Kings / commentary by J. Robinson.

Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge Bible commentaryPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.Description: xii, 256 pages : maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521097746
  • 9780521097741
  • 0521086469
  • 9780521086462
Other title:
  • Series known by initialism: CBC
Uniform titles:
  • Bible. Kings, 2nd. English. New English. 1976.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222/.54/077
LOC classification:
  • BS1333 .R6 1976
Other classification:
  • 11.41
  • BC 4160
  • BC 5100
  • BC 4150
  • 222.54
Online resources:
Contents:
List of maps and time chart -- The footnotes to the N.E.B. text -- What the book is about -- The earlier history of the Israelites -- Samaria and Israel -- The story told in I Kings -- Ahab and Elijah -- The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings -- The deuteronomists -- The point of view of the deuteronomists -- The end of the two kingdoms -- The motive for the writing of the book -- The Deuteronomic History -- How the book was compiled -- The story of King Hezekiah -- The chronology of Kings -- The faith of the writers -- Appendix -- Measures of length and extent -- Measures of capacity -- weights and coins -- Index.
Summary: The narrative now passes to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their territorial absorption into the empires of Assyria and Babylon. The compilers of 2 Kings attributed this downfall to the Hebrews' disregard of the prophets and of the covenant with God.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 1333 .R6 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 213389

Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index.

List of maps and time chart -- The footnotes to the N.E.B. text -- What the book is about -- The earlier history of the Israelites -- Samaria and Israel -- The story told in I Kings -- Ahab and Elijah -- The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings -- The deuteronomists -- The point of view of the deuteronomists -- The end of the two kingdoms -- The motive for the writing of the book -- The Deuteronomic History -- How the book was compiled -- The story of King Hezekiah -- The chronology of Kings -- The faith of the writers -- Appendix -- Measures of length and extent -- Measures of capacity -- weights and coins -- Index.

The narrative now passes to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their territorial absorption into the empires of Assyria and Babylon. The compilers of 2 Kings attributed this downfall to the Hebrews' disregard of the prophets and of the covenant with God.

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