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

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

The Popular Afterlife of Josiah: The King in World Histories

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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Josiah is a minor figure in the history of the world. However, it is interesting that historians dealing with world history have generally included this figure. This chapter provides a short survey of the use made of Josiah in histories of the world.

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Handy, Lowell. The Popular Afterlife of Josiah: The King in World Histories. Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 208-234 Aug 2020. ISBN 9781781798584. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=37481. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.37481. Aug 2020

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