The kings and their gods the pathology of power - Berrigan, Daniel 1921-2016 (Eerdmans, 2008)
First book of Kings -- Who shall inherit the grand years of David? (chs. 1-4) -- Solomon enthroned (ch. 1) -- "Blood will have blood" (2:1-11) -- "The wisdom of Solomon" (2:12-46) -- Dreams and shadows of dreams (ch. 3) -- The apotheosis of empire (ch. 4) -- Stone upon stone, the king constructs immortality (chs. 5-9) -- The "great pyramid" of Solomon (ch. 5) -- The house of the Lord? (ch. 6) -- A palace fit for a king? (ch. 7) -- The temple dedicated: folly, fiction, obsession (ch. 8) -- The tyrant and the convenient deity (ch. 9) -- From Solomon to Jeroboam : kings run amok (chs. 10-13) -- The king and the queen : wisdom compounded, unconfounded (10:1-13) -- The great king : possessed by possessions (10:14-29) -- Shadows over the empire (11:1-8) -- Enemies and traitors : the decline and fall (11:9-43) -- The seamless cloak, torn (ch. 12) -- No strange gods before me (ch. 13) -- Of kings and their gods : a tale of woe (chs. 14-22) -- Jeroboam and Rehoboam : undone by idols (ch. 14
14, 15, 16) -- Exile: the final tragedy (ch. 17) -- Dawn at last : Isaiah and the last days of empire (chs. 18-25) -- Hezekiah : king of contradiction (ch. 18) -- Isaiah : prophet of hope against hope (ch. 19) -- A puzzle of praise for a foolish king (ch. 20) -- Innocent blood on royal hands (ch. 21) -- The scroll : restored for good? (chs. 22-23) -- Light amid the king's dark legacy (chs. 24-25)
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