Handy/Josiah, 1. Josiah Was Dead to Begin With

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How to Cite: Handy, Lowell. Josiah Was Dead to Begin With. Josiah - From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 17-41 Aug 2020. ISBN 9781781798584.

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Two concerns are addressed in this chapter. First it is made clear that there is a lot of material on death in the Kings account of Josiah. Some consideration of the notion of death in the Bible and in ancient Judah is provided. Second it is posited that none of the narratives about Josiah were composed during his life time.

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  • container title
    Josiah: From Improbable Stories to Inventive Historiography
  • creator
    Lowell K. Handy
  • isbn
    9781781798591 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • series title
    Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781798591