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Summary Of Chapter 5 Of Richard Friedman's In The Court Of King Josiah

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Josiah, the next king to rule the kingdom of Judah, ascended to the throne in 640 BC. He is best remembered for his return to the laws of God, in contrast to his immediate predecessors. In 622 BC, while reconstruction was under way on the temple, a priest by the name of Hilkiah, found a book on which Josiah was to found his system. This book was the last book written by Moses, the fifth Book of Moses, the Deuternonomy. Richard Friedman discusses the auspices of finding this book in chapter 5 of his book, Who Wrote the Bible?, entitled In the Court of King Josiah. Friedman presents the arguments of the German scholar W.M.L. De Wette. De Wette believes that, due to the fact that the book was so well tailored towards the needs of Josiah, the book might have been engineered in order to solidify the king's claims who wanted a centralized form …show more content…

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