Download or read book King Josiah of Judah written by Marvin A. Sweeney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Josiah of Judah is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of Israel. Using synchronic and diachronic analyses of the Deuteronomistic History, Deuteronomy, and selected prophetic books, Marvin Sweeney reconstructs the ideological perspectives of King Josiah's program of religious and national restoration.