Kings and Prophets, Donkeys and Lions: Dramatic Shape and Deuteronomistic Rhetoric in 1 Kings Xiii*
KINGS AND PROPHETS, DONKEYS AND LIONS: DRAMATIC SHAPE AND DEUTERONOMISTIC RHETORIC IN 1 KINGS XIII* by JAMES K. MEAD Princeton 1 Kings xiii has been the focus of numerous studies over the past decade.1 During this time and previously, scholars have sought the main thrust of the text in four major areas of inquiry: the dynamics of true and false prophecy; 2 the ful llment of “the word of Yahweh”; 3 *An earlier version of the paper was read to the “Nevi "im/Prophets” section of the 1998 AAR/SBL Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting. I wish to thank the participants in the session for their helpful comments as well as Professors Dennis T. Olson, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, Karl Oelke, and Brent A. Strawn for their careful reading of the paper. 1 Six of these have appeared in Vetus Testamentum : D.W. Van Winkle, “1 Kings xiii: true and false prophecy”, VT 39 (1989), pp. 31-43; J.T. Walsh, “The contexts of 1 Kings xiii”, VT 39 (1989), pp. 355-370; D.G. Deboys, “1 Kings xiii—A ‘new crite- rion’ reconsidered”, VT 41 (1991), pp. 210-211; P.T. Reis, “Vindicating God: another look at 1 Kings xiii”, VT 44 (1994), pp. 376-386; C. Levin, “Amos und Jeroboam I”, VT 45 (1995), pp. 307-317; and D.W. Van Winkle, “1 Kings xii 25-xiii 34: Jeroboam’s cultic innovations and the man of God from Judah”, VT 46 (1996), pp. 101-114. Other important and recent articles include: A.H.J. Gunneweg, “Die Prophetenlegende I Reg 13—Miß deutung, Umdeutung, Bedeutung”, in Prophet und Prophetenbuch , ed.
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