Portrait of the Kings
The Davidic Prototype in Deuteronomistic Poetics
Herausgeber: Joseph, Alison L
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Much of the scholarship on the book of Kings has focused on questions of the historicity of the events described. The author turns her attention instead to the literary characterization of Israel's kings.
Joseph examines the narrative techniques used in the Deuteronomistic History to portray Israels kings. While David is constructed as a model of adherence to the covenant, Jeroboam is constructed as the ideal opposite; other kings are characterized along one or the other of these two models. The narrative functions didactically, instructing kings and the people of Judah regarding the consequences of disobedience. Joseph identifies differences between pre-exilic and exilic redactions in the Deuteronomistic History, offering a deepened understanding of the worldview and theology of this important biblical work.
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