| Summary: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Foreword: "Tell It on the Mountain"-or, "And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]" -- Editor's Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: "She Is a Breath of the Power of God" (Wis 7:25) -- 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 Sacri ce: 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.
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