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Bloodshed by King Manasseh, Assyrians and Priestly Scribes
Theological Meaning and Historical-Cultural Contextualization of 2 Kings 21:16, 24:3-4 in Relation to the Fall of Judah
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Bloodshed by King Manasseh, Assyrians and Priestly Scribes
Theological Meaning and Historical-Cultural Contextualization of 2 Kings 21:16, 24:3-4 in Relation to the Fall of Judah
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King Manasseh of Judah is one of the most intriguing characters in the Bible. 2 Kings presents him as the wickedest of monarchs. In 2Kgs 24:3–4, he is accused of having provoked God to destroy Judah on account of the innocent blood he had shed in Jerusalem (cf. 2Kgs 21:16). In his study Krzysztof Kinowski investigates this accusation, viewing it against the biblical and ancient Near East backgrounds, and casts a new light upon Manasseh's role in the fall of Jerusalem. The mention of bloodshed in this affair appears to be the outcome of a process of scapegoating of Manasseh, ongoing in 2 Kings and reflecting both the legal and the cultic paradigms governing the biblical historiography. The link between Manasseh's bloodshed and the destruction of Judah on account of the cultic land's blood-defilement points towards a group of priestly scribes involved in the production of the 2Kgs 21 and 24 narratives. This assumption lies behind the scholarly discussion about the Priestly-like strata and priestly touches in the Books of Kings.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Titel
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- Editorial remarks
- Introduction
- 1 The Meaning of Blood(shed) in Akkadian Writings and in the Hebrew Bible
- 2 The Significance of Bloody Violence in Selected Neo-Assyrian Letters and in the Narrative of 1–2 Kings
- Fratricidal conflicts between Israel and Judah
- Wars in the international arena
- Coups d’état in Israel
- Assassinations of monarchs in Judah
- Other instances of politically motivated bloodshed
- Bloodshed as an execution of divine judgment
- Bloodshed in the context of religious conflicts
- Other instances of bloodshed
- Joab's murders and David's share in bloodguilt
- The theological significance of Joab's execution
- The political significance of Joab's execution
- The crime and its nature
- Condemnation
- Repentance and the verdict's alteration
- The execution of God's sentence
- Menahem's atrocities
- Contextualizing Menahem's campaign
- 3 Bloodshed Committed by Manasseh (2Kgs 21:16, 24:4)
- Conclusions
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Indexes