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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18-20 as a focus.

About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

This book is particularly useful for historians of Palestine in the Second Temple period, for biblical scholars, and for those dealing with Aramaic and Hebrew paleography and epigraphy.

Therefore these texts are interpreted in their broader cultural context, placed within a broad religious practice of dedicating gifts to the gods and leaving inscriptions in sanctuaries.

... Gerazim was where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son Isaac and where Melchizedek appeared to Abraham.5 Gerazim was where they believed Moses commanded the people to erect an altar and sacrifice to God upon their arrival in the ...

Engaging history, law, and narrative, these essays are vital to understanding early Jewish and Samaritan religion and scriptural interpretation."--Back cover