{"product_id":"kings-a-new-translation-with-commentary-paperback","title":"Kings: A new translation with commentary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Whitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54129525817651,"sku":"9781959487050","price":40.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Xr3O52VeNh9781959487050.webp?v=1790200401","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/kings-a-new-translation-with-commentary-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}