The Coup of Jehoiada and the Fall of Athaliah: The Discourses and Textual Production of 2 Kings 11 (Gorgias Biblical Studies)

The Coup of Jehoiada and the Fall of Athaliah explores the discursive and historiographical techniques used to incorporate 2 Kings 11 into the larger deuteronomistic history. More specifically, this book explores how and why the report of Athaliah's execution was not incorporated into the deuteronomistic history the same way as other Ahabite death reports found in 1 Kings 14 – 2 Kings 10. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE INTERDISCURSIVE NATURE OF 2 KINGS 11 AND ITS EFFECT ON PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ATHALIAH 3. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS, CONSTITUTION OF IDENTITY AND WORLD VIEW IN 2 KINGS 11 4. MANIFEST INTERTEXTUALITY AND 2 KINGS 11 5. ORACULAR INTERTEXTUALITY, GENEALOGY, AND REGNAL REPORTS RELATED TO JOASH AND ATHALIAH 6. CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES