This book describes the contrasting theological perspectives present in the two biblical versions of the story of the Israelite Kingdoms as found in Samuel—Kings and Chronicles. The former attempts to provide an explanation for the collapse of the religious and political institutions (national state, dynasty, temple, and priesthood) that gave the people of the two Israelite kingdoms their identity based on their shared religious traditions. That goal is only partially met since the work’s ambigu...
This book describes the contrasting theological perspectives present in the two biblical versions of the story of the Israelite Kingdoms as found in Samuel—Kings and Chronicles. The former attempts to provide an explanation for the collapse of the religious and political institutions (national state, dynasty, temple, and priesthood) that gave the people of the two Israelite kingdoms their identity based on their shared religious traditions. That goal is only partially met since the work’s ambigu...
