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Readership: Students and scholars of biblical studies; of the Hebrew bible; of the reception history of the bible; of literary theory
Keith Bodner, Professor of Religious Studies, Crandall University, New Brunswick
"Keith Bodner has written a fresh and creative study of the Jeroboam account in Kings. He provides a masterful literary study of the Jeroboam narrative and then uses that reading as a base for discussing the social background of the story. His work opens up the biblical text for the modern reader and in the process sheds light on contemporary religious and social problems of the same sort that concerned the ancient biblical authors. This is a fascinating and important study." - Robert R. Wilson, Hoober Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Old Testament, Yale University
Prologue: Jeroboam and the Legitimacy of Rebellion 1: Ideologies of Kingship: Mechanisms of Power and the Reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon 2: Souls of Revolt: Solomon's Adversaries and the Flashback to Jeroboam 3: Politics of Rebellion: The Schism of Shechem and the Resistance to Imperialism 4: Objects of Control: Golden Calves 2.0 and the Distribution of Power 5: Play-Within-A-Play: The Altar and the Allegory of 1 Kings 13 6: Focus on the Family: The Royal Disguise of Israel's Queen Epilogue: The Future of Jeroboam's Memory
