Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Preface xi
4. Editors’ Preface xiii
5. Abbreviations xvi
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1 The Theory of a Deuteronomistic History and Its Refinements
8. The Central Theological Ideas 20
9. Speech and Prayer in the Deuteronomistic and the Chronicler’s Histories 31
10. “Histories” and “History” Promise and Fulfillment in the Deuteronomistic Historical Work 47
11. The Kerygma of the Deuteronomistic Historical Work 62
12. The Themes of the Book of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History 79
13. The Law and the Nations A Contribution to Deuteronomistic Tradition History 95
14. Part 2 Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges
15. Deuteronomy in Search of Origins 112
16. The Succession of Joshua 139
17. Gilgal: A Contribution to the History of Worship in Israel 163
18. The Role of the Priesthood in the Deuteronomistic History 179
19. The Deuteronomic Theology of the Book of Joshua 194
20. The Deuteronomist from Joshua to Samuel 204
21. Joshua 24 Re-examined 240
22. Part 3 Samuel, Kings
23. The Apology of David 260
24. The David–Saul Narrative 276
25. David’s Rise and Saul’s Demise Narrative Analogy in 1 Samuel 24–26 319
26. Solomon: Bathsheba’s Firstborn 340
27. 1 Kings 8:46–53 and the Deuteronomic Hope 358
28. Prayer and Propaganda Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple and the Deuteronomist’s Program 370
29. Dog Food and Bird Food: The Oracles against the Dynasties in the Book of Kings 397
30. Which Oracle Granted Perdurability to the Davidides? A Textual Problem in 2 Kings 8:19 and the Function of the Dynastic Oracles in the Deuteronomistic Historical Work 421
31. Part 4 New Directions
32. Toward a Redactional History of the Book of Kings 446
33. Ephraimite versus Deuteronomistic History 462
34. Redaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings 475
35. The Royal Novella in Egypt and Israel A Contribution to the History of Genre in the Historical Books of the Old Testament 493
36. The Counsel of the “Elders” to Rehoboam and Its Implications 516
37. The State of Israelite History 540
38. New Directions in the Study of Biblical Hebrew Narrative 566
39. The Centre Cannot Hold Thematic and Textual Instabilities in Judges 578
40. What, If Anything, Is 1 Samuel? 601
41. Index of Authors 615