Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
8 - Josiah and Huldah
Judah’s Downfall and Deportation
from Part I - The Rise and Fall
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- 1 Abraham and Sarah
- 2 Miriam
- 3 Deborah
- 4 King David
- 5 Ahab and Jezebel
- 6 Jehu and Elisha
- 7 Hezekiah and Isaiah
- 8 Josiah and Huldah
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
Summary
Josiah assumed the throne of Judah at the age of eight. One can readily imagine the court intrigues around the child-king, with different factions and institutions jockeying for influence. The Palace History, however, glosses over that period and focuses instead on the reforms he introduced in the eighteenth year of his reign (c.623 bce).
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 119 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
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Crouch, C. L., Israel and Judah Redefined: Migration, Trauma, and Empire in the Sixth Century bce, Cambridge University Press, 2021.Google Scholar
Faust, Avraham, Judah in the Neo-Babylonian Period: The Archaeology of Desolation, Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Frame, Grant, Babylonia 689–627 B.C.: A Political History, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te İstanbul, 1992.Google Scholar
Itkin, Eli, “Post-Destruction Squatter Phases in the Iron Age IIB–C Southern Levant,” BASOR 388 (2022): 51–72.Google Scholar
Lipschits, Oded, The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Judah Under Babylonian Rule, Eisenbrauns, 2005.Google Scholar
Monroe, Lauren A. S., Josiah’s Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text, Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Na’aman, Nadav, Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors: Interaction and Counteraction, Eisenbrauns, 2005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schipper, Bernd U., A Concise History of Ancient Israel: From the Beginnings through the Hellenistic Era, Eisenbrauns, 2019.Google Scholar
Schoors, Antoon, The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E., Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar