Manasseh Through the Eyes of the Deuteronomists: The Manasseh Account (2 Kings 21:1-18) and the Final Chapters of the Deuteronomistic History (Oudtestamentlische Studien, D. 38)

This study deals with the intricate problem of the Deuteronomistic composition of the "Book of Kings". It aims to reconstruct the compositional process underlying the fi nal chapters of "Kings". The author draws attention to the importance assigned to the Manasseh pericope and related passages, and notes that in many models the appraisal of these texts appears to result from general theoretical concerns rather than from an independent literary-critical analysis.