The Second Book of Kings
Published on 9. December 1976
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-521-09774-1 (ISBN)
Description
As in the other Cambridge Bible Commentary volumes, an introduction is followed by the text of the New English Bible translation divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it. Canon Robinson shows that 2 Kings is truly a continuation of the story told in the preceding historical books. The narrative now passes to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their territorial absorption into the empires of Assyria and Babylon. The compilers of 2 Kings attributed this downfall to the Hebrews' disregard of the prophets and of the covenant with God.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-09774-1 (9780521097741)
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J. Robinson
The Second Book of Kings
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12/1976
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J. Robinson
The Second Book of Kings
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12/1976
Cambridge University Press
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Content
List of maps and time chart; The footnotes to the N.E.B. text; What the book is about; The earlier history of the Israelites; Samaria and Israel; The story told in I Kings; Ahab and Elijah; The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings; The deuteronomists; The point of view of the deuteronomists; The end of the two kingdoms; The motive for the writing of the book; The Deuteronomic History; How the book was compiled; The story of King Hezekiah; The chronology of Kings; The faith of the writers; Appendix; Measures of length and extent; Measures of capacity; weights and coins; Index.