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Currents in Biblical Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 11-57 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1476993X06068698

The Book of Kings in Recent Research (Part II)

Michael Avioz

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel adifat{at}012.net.il

In the first part of my article (CBR 4.1 [2005]), I surveyed the research conducted on various, diverse aspects of the book of Kings, starting in the early 1990s and until 2004. In this article, I will focus on research dealing with the characters appearing in the book of Kings, using this classification: kings, beginning with David; prophets, especially Elijah and Elisha; and women, including Jezebel, the widow of Zarephath, and Shunammite woman. The different studies represent current trends in Bible research today: rejection of the historical reliability of the narratives, on the one hand, and, on the other, its acceptance; male voices and female voices; and diachronic methods and synchronic methods. In addition, many scholars call for multi-disciplinary methodologies that combine, for example, literary and sociological methods.

Key Words: Anonymous women • Deuteronomic/Deuteronomistic/Deuteronomist • Elijah • Elisha • King • prophecy/prophesy/prophet • Solomon


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