The Second Book of Kings—a book whose very title seems to assert the prerogative of male rule—is in fact filled with fascinating female characters as well as issues related to gender. In this commentary, Song-Mi Suzie Park argues that an interrogation of the masculinity of YHWH, Israel’s deity, functions as the driving force behind the narrative in 2 Kings. While the sufficiency of YHWH’s masculinity is affirmed by his military and reproductive prowess, it is also challenged and deconstructed through the painful defeats that end the book. Through a series of close readings, Park elucidates how the story of Israel’s monarchic past in 2 Kings unfolds through a process of continual reformulation of masculinity and femininity in relation to YHWH and Israel.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Foreword:
“Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]”
Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:
“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25)
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author’s Introduction: Women Among Kings
2 Kings 1:1-18 Feminine Powers and Masculine Rivalries
2 Kings 2:1-25 Feminine Powers and Masculine Reproduction
2 Kings 3:1-27 War, Death, and Sacrifice: A Colonial Enterprise
2 Kings 4:1-44 Fecundity, Reproduction, and Life
2 Kings 5:1-27 The Powerless as Conduits of YHWH’s Power
2 Kings 6:1–7:20 Women, Children, and the Sick as Victims of War
2 Kings 8:1-29 The Remaining Deeds of Elisha
2 Kings 9:1-37 The Murder of Queen Jezebel
2 Kings 10:1-36 Regime Change and the Final Desecration of Queen Jezebel
2 Kings 11:1-21 The Rise, Fall, and Delegitimation of Queen Athaliah
2 Kings 12:1-21 The Reign and Mysterious Death of King Joash in Judah
2 Kings 13:1-25 The Reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoash in Israel, and the Death of Elisha
2 Kings 14:1-29 The Reigns of Amaziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel
2 Kings 15:1-38 Political Instability and Voiceless Victims
2 Kings 16:1-20 The Reign of Ahaz in Judah
2 Kings 17:1-41 The Destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
2 Kings 18:1–20:21 The Reign of Hezekiah in Judah
2 Kings 21:1-26 The Reign of Manasseh in Judah
2 Kings 22:1–23:37 The Prophecy of Huldah and the Reign of Josiah in Judah
2 Kings 24:1–25:30 The End of Judah and the Deconstruction of Androcentrism
Afterword
Works Cited
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings
Index of Subjects
Circa l’autore
Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the president of Catholic Theological Union and the first woman to hold the position. She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a Ph D in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was also president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015.
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