King Josiah of Judah : The Lost Messiah of Israel

Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Religion Marvin A Sweeney
Oxford University Press, USA
9780195133240
0-19-513324-2

King Josiah of Judah is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of Israel. Using synchronic and diachronic analyses of the Deuteronomistic History, Deuteronomy, and selected prophetic books,.

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Marvin Sweeney reconstructs the ideological perspectives of King Josiah's program of religious and national restoration.