The First Book of Kings

J. Robinson (Author)

9780521097345, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 December 1972

272 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.6 cm, 0.335 kg

The plan of this volume of commentary on the New English Bible text of the First Book of Kings follows the pattern of the now well-established series on the Old and New Testaments. The main divisions of the text are those provided by the New English Bible itself, but these are further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which is printed in short sections following the relevant portion of the text. Canon Robinson suggests that the editors of I Kings compiled their history in order to teach the Hebrews that their existence as Israel, the covenant people of God, depended upon their continuing loyalty to their own religious traditions, and their refusal to exchange them for the very different traditions of the Canaanites among whom they lived.

List of maps and time chart
The footnotes to the N.E.B. text
What the book is about
The Near Eastern background
The rise of Assyria
Josiah's reform
The deuteronomists
Josiah's death
The writing of history
The sources used in the book
The purpose of the editors
How and when the book was written
The larger history
The witness of archaeology
The chronology of Kings
Understanding the notes to the translation
Appendix
Measures of length and extent
Measures of capacity, weight and coins
Index.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]