Table of Contents

Part 1: The Theory of a Deuteronomistic History and Its Refinements

The Central Theological Ideas - Martin Noth

Speech and Prayer in the Deuteronomistic and the Chronicler’s Histories - Otto Ploger

‘Histories’ and ‘History’: Promise and Fulfillment in the Deuteronomistic Historical Work - Helga Weippert

The Kerygma of the Deuteronomistic Historical Work - Hans Walter Wolff

The Themes of the Book of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History - Frank Moore Cross

The Law and the Nations: A Contribution to Deuteronomistic Tradition History - Rudolf Smend

Part 2: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges

Deuteronomy in Search of Origins - Thomas Romer

The Succession of Joshua - J. Roy Porter

Gilgal: A Contribution to the History of Worship in Israel - Hans-Joachim Kraus

The Role of the Priesthood in the Deuteronomistic History - Richard D. Nelson

The Deuteronomistic Theology of the Book of Joshua - Gordon J. Wenham

The Deuteronomistic from Joshua to Samuel - John Van Seters

Joshua 24 Re-examined - S. David Sperling

Part 3: Samuel, Kings

The Apology of David - P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.

The David-Saul Narrative - Walter Dietrich and Thomas Naumann

David’s Rise and Saul’s Demise - Robert P. Gordon

Solomon: Bathsheba’s Firstborn - T. Veijola

1 Kings 8:46-53 and the Deuteronomic Hope - J. G. McConville

Prayer and Propaganda: Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple and the Deuteronomist’s Program - Gary N. Knoppers

Dog Food and Bird Food: The Oracle against the Dynasties in the Book of Kings - Steven L. McKenzie

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 - Norbert Lohfink

Part 4: New Directions

Toward a Redactional History of the Book of Kings - Andre Lemaire

Ephraimite versus Deuteronomistic History - Alexander Rofe

Redaction, Recension, and Midrash in the Books of Kings - Julio Trebolle Barrera

The Royal Novella in Egypt and Israel - Siegfried Herrmann

The Counsel of the ‘Elders’ to Rehoboam and Its Implications - Moshe Weinfield

The State of Israelite History - Baruch Halpern

New Directions in the Study of Biblical Hebrew Narrative - David M. Gunn

The Centre Cannot Hold - J. Cheryl Exum

What, If Anything, Is 1 Samuel? - David Jobling