Anonymous Prophets and Archetypal Kings: Reading 1 Kings 13

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Paul Hedley Jones presents a coherent reading of 1 Kings 13 that is attentive to literary, historical and theological concerns. Beginning with a summary and evaluation of Karl Barth’s overtly theological exposition of the chapter – as set out in his Church Dogmatics – Jones explores how this analysis was received and critiqued by Barth's academic peers, who focused on very different questions, priorities and methods. By highlighting substantive material in the text for further investigation, Jones sheds light on a range of hermeneutical issues that support exegetical work unseen, and additionally provides a wider scope of opinion into the conversation by reviewing the work of other scholars whose methods and priorities also diverge from those of Barth and his contemporaries. After evaluating four additional in-depth readings of 1 Kings 13, Jones presents a more theoretical discussion about perceived dichotomies in biblical studies that tend to surface regularly in methodological debates. This volume culminates with Jones’ original exposition of the chapter, which offers an interpretation that reads 1 Kings 13 as a narrative analogy, where the figure of Josiah functions as a hermeneutical key to understanding the dynamics of the story. Cover Title Copyright Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Karl Barth’s Exegesis of 1 Kings 13 Introduction Form The Elected/Rejected Status of the Two Prophets/Nations Division of the Kingdoms Prohibition of Fellowship between North and South Genuine Dialogue between North and South The Disobedience of the Man of God and of Judah The Exilic ‘Tomb’ of the Prophets and of the Nations Content The Double-Picture on the Right The Double-Picture on the Left The Whole Picture: The Relation between Judah and Israel Context Barth’s Hermeneutical Context Barth’s Doctrinal Context: Election Summary of Barth’s Contribution 1 Kings 13 as Narrative Analogy Reading 1 Kings 13 Synchronically Chapter 3 Martin A. Klopfenstein Klopfenstein’s Evaluation of Barth’s Exegesis (1966) Zur Einzelexegese Konfrontation und Würdigung Klopfenstein’s Impact upon Subsequent Scholarship Chapter 4 Seventy Years of Scholarship The Question of Genre Variant Readings of 1 Kings 13 Discernment of True and False Prophecy: James Crenshaw (1971) The Efficacious Word of God: Jerome T. Walsh (1989, 1996) Anti-North Polemic: Van Seters (1999, 2000) Political Allegory: Roland Boer (1996, 1997) Summary and Conclusions Chapter 5 Hermeneutical and Methodological Issues Barth and Klopfenstein: Divergent Approaches to Scripture Author-Hermeneutics and Text-Hermeneutics Historical-Critical and Canonical Approaches Synchronic and Diachronic Priorities ‘Scripture is’ and ‘scripture as’ Chapter 6 Bosworth: Revisiting Barth David Bosworth: Revisiting Barth 1 Kings 13 as mise-en-abyme (2008) (a) The Threefold Command (b) The Man of God Reneges (c) Role-reversal (d) The Lion (e) A Shared Grave Appraisal of Bosworth A Literary or Theological Analogy? Christological Focus Mise-en-abyme Chapter 7 Anonymous Prophets and Archetypal Kings: A Literary-Theological Reading of 1 Kings 13 Historical Frame of Reference Literary and Theological Shaping Literary Function The Framing of 1 Kings 13 The Function of 1 Kings 13 1 Kings 13 as Opening Bookend A Literary-Theological Reading of 1 Kings 13 1 Kings 12.25-32 1 Kings 12.33–13.5 1 Kings 13.6-10 1 Kings 13.11-19 1 Kings 13.20-22 1 Kings 13.23-25 1 Kings 13.26-32 1 Kings 13.33-34 2 Kings 23.15-20 Conclusion: Anonymous Prophets and Archetypal Kings Theological Context Chapter 8 Conclusion Summary Implications (a) Hermeneutics (b) Literary Approaches (c) Redaction Criticism (d) Theology of the DH (e) Canonical Shaping (f) Figural Reading Bibliography Index of References Index of Authors