Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-666) and indexes
The Septuagint in the text history of 1-2 Kings / Adrian Schenker -- Qumran fragments of the books of Kings / Julio Trebolle -- The text of 1-2 Kings used by Josephus / Étienne Nodet -- Theories of the redaction(s) of Kings / Gary N. Knoppers -- Characterization in Kings / Robert L. Cohn -- The literary structure of Kings / Robert L. Cohn -- The composition of Kings / Baruch Halpern and André Lemaire -- Books and writing in Kings / Alan R. Millard -- The book of Kings and ancient Near Eastern historiography / Mario Liverani -- Kings and external textual sources : Assyrian, Babylonian and North-West Semitic / Alan R. Millard -- The Moabites / Paul-Eugène Dion and P.M. Michèle Daviau -- Edom and the Edomites / André Lemaire -- Ammonites and the books of Kings / Walter E. Aufrecht -- Hiram of Tyre and Solomon / Edward Lipiński -- The Aramaeans of Syria : some considerations on their origin and material culture / Hélène Sader --
- Philistines in the books of Kings / Seymour Gitin -- External textual sources--Neo-Hittite states / Kenneth A. Kitchen -- External textual sources--Egypt / Kenneth A. Kitchen -- External textual sources--early Arabia / Kenneth A. Kitchen -- "The Prophets"--references to generic prophets and their role in the construction of the image of the "prophets of old" within the postmonarchic readership(s) of the books of Kings / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Priesthood and the development of cult in the books of Kings / Wolfgang Zwickel -- Dates and calendars in Kings / Gershon Galil -- Law in Kings / Raymond Westbrook -- Officialdom and society in the books of Kings the social relevance of the state / Izabela Ephʻal-Jaruzelska -- Institutions of trade in 1 and 2 Kings / Daniel M. Master -- Archaeology and the question of sources in Kings / William G. Dever -- Kings in Josephus / Silvia Castelli -- The books of Kings in New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers / Magnus Zetterholm --
- Elijah and the books of Kings in rabbinic literature / Karin Hedner-Zetterholm
A comprehensive treatment of the history and components of Kings represents a departure from standard single-authored commentaries on it. Focusing on composition, sources, literary techniques, peoples and characters in the text, and on later transmission and reception of it affords students of the Books with a new resource, and sound bibliography
