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The Oxford Handbook of Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible is a collection of essays that provide resources for the interpretation of the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. The volume is not exhaustive in its coverage, but examines interpretive aspects of these books that are deemed essential for interpretation or that are representative of significant trends in present and future scholarship. The individual essays are united by their focus on two guiding questions: (1) What does this topic have to do with the Old Testament Historical Books? and (2) How does this topic help readers better interpret the Old Testament Historical Books? Each essay critically surveys prior scholarship before presenting current and prospective approaches. Taking into account the ongoing debates concerning the relationship between the Old Testament texts and historical events in the ancient world, data from Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian culture and history are used to provide a larger context for the content of the Historical Books. Essays consider specific issues related to Israelite/Judean history (settlement, state formation, monarchy, forced migration, and return) as they relate to the interpretation of the Historical Books. This volume also explores the specific themes, concepts, and content that are most essential for interpreting these books. In light of the diverse material included in this section of the Old Testament, the Handbook further examines interpretive strategies that employ various redactional, synthetic, and theory-based approaches. Beyond the Old Testament proper, subsequent texts, traditions, and cultures often received and interpreted the material in the Historical Books, and so the volume concludes by investigating the literary, social, and theological aspects of that reception.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kelle, Brad E., 1973- editor. | Strawn, Brent A., editor.

Title: The Oxford handbook of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible / edited by Brad E. Kelle and Brent A. Strawn.

Description: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020018914 (print) | LCCN 2020018915 (ebook) | ISBN 9780190261160 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190074111 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Historical BooksCriticism, interpretation, etc.

Classification: LCC BS1205.52 .O94 2020 (print) | LCC BS1205.52 (ebook) | DDC 222/.06dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018914

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018915

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Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America

Editorial Preface

Our initial discussions about this volume stretch back at least six, if not seven years, and so we are thankful, at the end of a long process, for the help and support we have received along the way, especially from the staff of Oxford University Press and our friend and editor Steve Wiggins. Our thanks also go to Caleb Strawn, who prepared the indices. Of course our deepest debts go to the contributors for their fine work and their patience during the slow process of bringing this large project to completion.

Although we took great editorial care during the review process, the reader will note some inconsistenciesa few of which, at least, are present by design. We have not, for instance, regularized all translations, whether of biblical or non-biblical texts. Similarly, we have not always provided versification differences across Hebrew, Greek, and English editions of the Bible. We have not always regularized the spelling of the divine name Yhwh, though our own preference was to devocalize it. We also did not require contributors to use Hebrew Bible rather than Old Testament. In all of these casesand similar oneswe have deferred to the individual preferences of the contributors. Additionally, in the case of some essays, original scripts were required; in most others, we have opted for transliteration so as to make the essays accessible to those who dont read the original languages. Again, these inconsistencies are often by design; at the least they are not naive. We hope that whatever discomfort readers may experience upon encountering such discrepancies will pale in comparison to the insight afforded by the contributions contained herein.

Finally, in a large reference work such as this one, with so many different contributors, some degree of overlap is to be expected and is, in fact, unavoidable. One will notice, for example, that several essays touch on compositional theories and debates regarding the Deuteronomistic History or the books of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah, with several others rehearsing the vexed tradition history of Ezra in its various ancient versions. Here again we have chosen not to eliminate such overlap, but have preferred to let it stand. We deem this a matter of scholarly integrity: letting each contributor have her or his say. Yet we also deemed it helpful, both pedagogically and interpretively: repetition is, after all, a useful method in teaching and learning; it is also the case that a number of the biblical books treated here abound in it!

Brad E. Kelle, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA

Brent A. Strawn, Duke University, Durham, NC

Contents

Introduction
Brad E. Kelle and Brent A. Strawn

Historiography and History Writing in the Ancient World
Richard D. Nelson

Assyrian and Babylonian Sources
Martti Nissinen

Achaemenid Political History and Sources
Amelie Kuhrt

Text-Critical Issues with Samuel and Kings
Julio Trebolle Barrera and Eugene Ulrich

Text-Critical Issues in Ezra-Nehemiah and 1 Esdras
Lisbeth S. Fried

Early Israels Origins, Settlement, and Ethnogenesis
Ann E. Killebrew

Israelite State Formation and Early Monarchy in History and Biblical Historiography
Walter Dietrich

The Later Monarchy in History and Biblical Historiography
Paul S. Evans

New Perspectives on the Exile in Light of Cuneiform Texts
Laurie Pearce

New Perspectives on the Return from Exile and Persian-Period Yehud
Mary Joan Winn Leith

Israelite and Judean Society and Economy
Roger S. Nam

Politics and Kingship in the Historical Books, with Attention to the Role of Political Theory in Interpretation
Geoffrey Parsons Miller

The Distinctive Roles of the Prophets in the Deuteronomistic History and the Chroniclers History
Marvin A. Sweeney

The Various Roles of Women in the Historical Books
Mercedes L. Garca Bachmann

Exogamy and Divorce in Ezra and Nehemiah
Herbert R. Marbury

Yahwistic Religion in the Assyrian and Babylonian Periods
Richard S. Hess

Yahwistic Religion in the Persian Period
Melody D. Knowles

A Theological Comparison of the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles
Matthew J. Lynch

Divine and Human Violence in the Historical Books
Douglas S. Earl

The So-called Deuteronomistic History and Its Theories of Composition
Thomas Rmer

Reading the Historical Books as Part of the Primary History
Richard S. Briggs

Synchronic Readings of Joshua-Kings
Serge Frolov

The Rise and Fall of the So-called Chroniclers History and the Current Study of the Composition of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah
Ralph W. Klein

1 Esdras: Structure, Composition, and Significance
Kristin De Troyer

Synthetic and Literary Readings of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah
Steven J. Schweitzer

The Role of Orality and Textuality, Folklore and Scribalism in the Historical Books
Susan Niditch

Feminist and Postcolonial Readings of the Historical Books
Cameron B. R. Howard

The Deuteronomistic History as Literature of Trauma
David Janzen

Joshua in Reception History
Zev I. Farber

Deborah in Reception History
Joy A. Schroeder

Samson in Reception History
Kelly J. Murphy

Saul in Reception History
Barbara Green

David in Reception History
Dominik Markl

Solomon in Reception History
Sara M. Koenig

Ezra and Nehemiah in Reception History

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