Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 05/04/2005 00:30, George F Somsel wrote:

> ...
>
> Peter,
>
> I hardly believe that you would assert that 1 Kings was written prior to
> the time of Josiah.  If you concede that 1 & 2 Kgs constitute one work,
> then your assertion that 1 Kg was written prior to Josiah is impossible
> -- or do you assert that the account of the conquest of Jerusalem is also
> written prior to the event?
>  

I made no assertions about the date of 1 Kings, I merely pointed out the 
confusion in Yigal's logic.

I do not hold that the entire book of 1&2 Kings was written in or before 
the time of Josiah. I do hold that the story in chapter 13 was very 
probably written before the time of Josiah and later incorporated into 
the completed book, no doubt with some revisions. And, while I don't 
want to be dogmatic on this point, I consider it entirely possible that 
this original story records a genuine God-given predictive prophecy 
citing the name Josiah. Those who reject this possibility do so only 
because they reject the possibility of predictive prophecy from an a 
priori philosophical position.

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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