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General Resources for 2 Kings
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
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2
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.
- Introduction,
Outline, and
Selected Bibliography for
the Books of 1 & 2 Kings, by David Malick at the Biblical
Studies Foundation.
- Bible
Basics (2 Kings) by NetMinistries.
(Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- 2 Kings in the World
Wide Study Bible.
- Walking
Through the Bible: 1& 2 Kings.
- Biblenotes
summary: 2 Kings.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
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2 Kings, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
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2 Kings, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
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2 Kings, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
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2 Kings, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
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2 Kings, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
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Kings: History of the Kingdom, Barry Bandstra,
Reading the Old
Testament.
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The Book of Second
Kings, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
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2 Kings, Expository Notes,
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- 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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The Politics of God and the Politics of Man, Jacques Ellul. Full text
at Religion Online. (Second Kings and Elisha as source for Christian
reflection.)
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"The
Embarrassing Footnote," Walter Brueggemann, Theology Today, 1987.
- Studies in the Life of Elisha
by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies
Foundation.
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"Jezebel Re-Vamped," Tina Pippin,
Semeia 69-70: Intertextuality and the
Bible, 1995.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brueggemann, Walter,
"A Culture of Life and the Politics of Death," Journal for Preachers,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Galil, Gershon,
"The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- 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:
Robert L. Cohn, 2 Kings. Liturgical Press, 2000. Review by W. Boyd
Barrick 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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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.
- Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Concordance:
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