{"product_id":"kings-william-whitt-9781959487050","title":"Kings: A new translation with commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis translation of the book of Kings is the last book in my project to translate the Torah and Former Prophets. The book follows a similar approach to my other translations-my emphasis is on what is called \"functional equivalence\" (that is, expressing the ideas in the text in the most natural way in English), and I organize the text according to the textual divisions found in the Masoretic text (the \"open\" and \"closed\" \u003ci\u003eparashot\u003c\/i\u003e) rather than the traditional Christian chapter divisions. Organizing the text in this way, I believe, gets us closer to the ancient writers, and yields numerous insights into their composition approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn my introduction, I examine the place of Kings within the books of the Former Prophets and I argue that the original version of the book was composed in the 630s BCE as part of the educational curriculum of the young king Josiah. I also discuss Judean royal ideology and how it serves as the most appropriate framework for understanding the earliest versions of Kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe commentary accompanying the translation focuses on issues of translation, language, and composition history. After the commentary I provide an essay that summarizes my (necessarily speculative) views on the composition history of Kings. In that essay, I assign each of the \u003ci\u003eparashot\u003c\/i\u003e to one of the six major compositional stages that I identify, which span nearly entire first millennium BCE, from the mid-tenth century to the mid-second century. The book includes an appendix, in which I present my reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Whitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959487051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959487050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Horse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.94d","brand":"William Whitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437559984383,"sku":"9781959487050","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b006ce1f-9fbc-422e-b28d-d39fee2b4447.jpg?v=1777162626","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kings-william-whitt-9781959487050","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}