Whom to Blame for Judah's Doom?: A Narratological and Intertextual Reading of 2 Kings 23:30-25:30

by Benedikt Josef Collinet

The last kings of Juda led God's people directly into exile and thus in the catastrophe of the destruction of the First temple. How did that happen? Who was responsible? What kind of role did God play in this drama? These questions will be addressed by Benedikt Collinet. Unlike the narrative suggests, the kings were not the protagonists of the drama but the antagonists to God instead. God used the neighbouring peoples and Babel as tools of punishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3847113445
• ISBN13: 9783847113447
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 11.39 lbs.