Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography - Lowell K. Handy

Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography - Lowell K. Handy

Josiah Is Not Jeroboam and Other Kingly Questions

Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography - Lowell K. Handy

Lowell K. Handy [+-]
Loyola University Chicago (retired)
Lowell K. Handy received his M.A. from the University of Iowa School of Religion and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School. Before retirement he taught for 15 years at Loyola University Chicago and was employed at the American Theological Library Association Religion Index Project for 28 years. He has been an active member of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research, Society of Biblical Literature, and American Schools of Oriental Research. In addition to journal articles and reference entries, Dr. Handy has published several books, including: Among the Host of Heaven: The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy; Entertaining Faith: Reading Short Stories in the Bible; Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story; and edited volumes: The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium; Psalm 29 through Time and Tradition.

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This chapter sets Josiah in opposition to Jeroboam as literary figures in the book of Kings. It also considers aspects of Josiah in relation to other rulers of Judah that are directly mentioned in his story or appear to have literary connections to the telling of his biblical story.

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Handy, Lowell. Josiah Is Not Jeroboam and Other Kingly Questions. Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 69-98 Aug 2020. ISBN 9781781798584. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=37476. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.37476. Aug 2020

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