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General Resources for 1 Kings
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
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Kings at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible
books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests.
CD-ROM of Advanced Studies
also available at their site. |
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Books of Kings, Wikipedia. |
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Books of Kings, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1905. |
| The Catholic Encyclopedia:
First and Second Books of Kings. |
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Introduction to
the Book of 1 Kings, New American Bible. |
| Introduction,
Outline, and
Selected Bibliography for
the Books of 1 & 2 Kings, by David Malick at the Biblical
Studies Foundation. |
| Bible
Basics (1 Kings) by NetMinistries.
(Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words) |
| 1 Kings in the World
Wide Study Bible. |
| Walking
Through the Bible: 1 & 2 Kings. |
| Biblenotes
summary: 1 Kings. |
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| Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
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1 Kings, Geneva Study Bible, 1599. |
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1 Kings, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706. |
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1 Kings, Wesley's Notes, c 1760. |
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1 Kings, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. |
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1 Kings, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917. |
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"History - The King Walks before You," Davie
Napier, in From Faith to Faith: Essays on Old Testament Literature,
1955. Full text online at Religion Online. |
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Kings: History of the Kingdom, Barry Bandstra,
Reading the Old
Testament. |
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The Book of First Kings,
verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. |
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1 Kings, Expository Notes,
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 2005 edition. |
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| Articles and Background:
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"Kings and
Chronicles: Interpreting Historical Interpretation," Allen R. Guenther,
Direction, 1982. |
| Regal/Messianic
Hope in Deuteronomy, 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings, by Greg Herrick at the
Biblical Studies Foundation. |
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Israelite Kings Date
Chart (based on the chronology of John Bright), Dennis Bratcher,
Christian Resource Institute. |
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"The
Conquest of Power: Analysis of David and Solomon's Accession Histories,"
Caetano Minette de Tillessei, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 1997. |
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"Succession Narrative: A 'Document' or a Phantom?"
Serge Frolov, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2002. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf
file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Galil, Gershon,
"The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2001. |
| Hays, J. Daniel,
"Has the Narrator Come to Praise Solomon or to Bury Him? Narrative Subtlety
in 1 Kings 1-11," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
2004. |
| Otto, Susanne,
"The Composition of the Elijah-Elisha Stories and the Deuteronomistic
History," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
2003. |
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| Reviews:
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Review:
Terence E. Fretheim, First and Second Kings. (Westminster John
Knox, 1999) Reviewed by E. Theodore Mullen, Jr in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Stuart Lasine, Knowing Kings: Knowledge, Power, and Narcissism in
the Hebrew Bible. (Scholars Press, 2001) Review by Robert L. Cohn
in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review:
Gary Inrig, I & II Kings. Broadman & Holman,
2003. Review by David Bostock in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Volkmar Fritz, 1 and 2 Kings. Fortress, 2003. Review by
Mark Zvi Brettler
in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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Review:
Keulen, Percy S.F. van, Two Versions of
the Solomon Narrative: An Inquiry into the Relationship between MT 1 Kgs.
2–11 and LXX 3 Reg. 2–11. Brill, 2004. Review by
Zipora Talshir, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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Reviews:
Grabbe, Lester, ed., Good Kings and Bad Kings, T&T Clark, 2005.
Reviews by John Engle and Eckart Otto, Review of Biblical Literature,
2006. |
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Review:
Peter J. Leithart, 1 & 2 Kings. Brazos, 2006. Review by Randall
L. McKinion, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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Reviews:
Gina Hens-Piazza, 1-2 Kings. Abingdon, 2006. Reviews by Ralph W.
Klein and Randall L. McKinion, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007/08. |
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Review:
Tamás Czövek, Three Seasons of
Charismatic Leadership: A Literary-Critical and Theological
Interpretation of the Narrative of Saul, David and Solomon.
Regnum, 2006. Review by Robin Gallaher Branch,
Review of Biblical Literature, 2008. |
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