Seeing David Double: Reading the Book of Two Houses. Collected Essays

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In his third volume of collected essays, the former Professor of Hebrew Bible at Edinburgh University assembles studies published since 2017. With one significant modification (on the first Jeroboam), they develop the twin theses of his 2017 monograph, Life in Kings: that the material common to the books of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles is both untypical of Samuel-Kings as a whole and the major source out of which they developed. Most importantly, these fresh essays explore the DNA of what Graeme Auld calls the Book of Two Houses (BoTH): some 150 uniquely paired words (including names) and phrases that occur in its reports of only two kings. The final extended essay (not previously published) sets these pairings in their context throughout the book. As the artistry of this foundational text is revealed, fresh historical questions call for answers. Contents Place of First Publication Preview Samuel-Kings and Chronicles: Two Understandings of Israel’s Past Kings, Prophets, and Judges Tell נא How It Is. Placing הגד־נא within Biblical Hebrew נפש אדם and the Associations of 1 Chronicles 5 in the Hebrew Bible Did the Assyrian Envoy Know the Venite? What Did He Know? What Did He Say? And Should He Be Believed? Chronicles – Isaiah – Kings ‘Divination’ in Hebrew and Greek Bibles: A Text-historical Overview Deuteronomy and the Older Royal Narrative: Some Core Questions Some Thoughts on the First Jeroboam Ahaz and Jeroboam David and His Alter Ego in the Desert Of Proust and Prophets: Samuel, Elijah, and Charles Swann Tracing the Writing of Kings with Nadav Na’aman and Klaus-Peter Adam Reading Solomon with Three Eyes Open Follow the Words: What’s in a King’s Name? Comparing Amaziah and Jehoash Ruth: A Reading of Scripture? The Words in Context: A Hall of Mirrors An Interim Balance Bibliography Index of Names Index of Biblical passages Index of Hebrew words Index of Authors