When was prophets and kings written

Here are traced the vicissitudes of a favored and chosen people, torn between allegiance to God and serving the gods of the nations about them. And here are seen vividly, through a crucial period of this world's history, the dramatic evidences of the raging conflict between Christ and Satan for the hearts and allegiance of men. The book abounds in fascinating character studies—the wise Solomon, whose wisdom did not keep him from transgression; Jeroboam, the self-serving man of policy, and the evil results which followed his reign; The mighty and fearless Elijah; Elisha, the prophet of peace and healing; Ahaz, the fearful and wicked; Hezekiah, the loyal and good-hearted; Daniel, the beloved of God; Jeremiah, the prophet of sorrow; Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, prophets of the restoration.

Beyond them all rises in glory the coming King, the Lamb of God, the only-begotten Son, in whom the typical sacrifices find fulfillment. Patriarchs and Prophets, the first book of the series, spans world history from creation to the close of David's reign; The Desire of Ages, the third book, treats of the life and ministry of Christ; this volume, Prophets and Kings fits between these two.

The Acts of the Apostles, The fourth, portrays the history of the early Christian church, and The Great Controversy, the last in the series, traces the conflict story to our day and then on in a prophetic vein to the earth made new. And the Book of Kings, according to tradition, was written by the prophet Jeremiah. While this account of the authorship of these books is widely accepted by Christian and Jewish religious authorities, modern-day biblical scholars overwhelmingly reject it.

Most biblical scholars believe in some form of the theory that Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings are part of a single historical opus written in the late First Temple period, roughly BCE.

Scholars have long rejected the idea that the Deuteronomistic History was written by the characters depicted in the story. Firstly, none were written in the first person, which is how witness accounts are generally written.

If anything, they are written from the perspective of an all-knowing narrator writing from a vantage point well into the future. In addition, had these books been written by different people over hundreds of years, we would expect quite a bit of variation in language and style from part to part note the differences between Middle English and modern!

Yet the bulk of these books are written in a uniform manner. That indicates they were written at about the same time, if not by the same person. But within, the phrase abounds multiple times in each of Deuteronomy 6; Joshua 13; Samuel 11; Kings This first of all suggests single authorship. It also attests that the author was not writing about contemporary events but events in the distant past.

The Call of Isaiah [p. Ahaz [p. Hezekiah [p. The Ambassadors From Babylon [p. Deliverance From Assyria [p. Hope for the Heathen [p. Manasseh and Josiah [p. The Book of the Law [p. Jeremiah [p. Approaching Doom [p. The Last King of Judah [p.

Carried Captive Into Babylon [p. Light Through Darkness [p. In the Court of Babylon [p. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream [p. The Fiery Furnace [p. True Greatness [p. The Unseen Watcher [p. In the Lions' Den [p. And here are seen vividly, through a crucial period of this world's history, the dramatic evidences of the raging conflict between Christ and Satan for the hearts and allegiance of men.

The book abounds in fascinating character studies—the wise Solomon, whose wisdom did not keep him from transgression; Jeroboam, the self-serving man of policy, and the evil results which followed his reign; The mighty and fearless Elijah; Elisha, the prophet of peace and healing; Ahaz, the fearful and wicked; Hezekiah, the loyal and good-hearted; Daniel, the beloved of God; Jeremiah, the prophet of sorrow; Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, prophets of the restoration.

Beyond them all rises in glory the coming King, the Lamb of God, the only-begotten Son, in whom the typical sacrifices find fulfillment. Patriarchs and Prophets , the first book of the series, spans world history from creation to the close of David's reign; The Desire of Ages, the third book, treats of the life and ministry of Christ; this volume, Prophets and Kings fits between these two. The Acts of the Apostles, The fourth, portrays the history of the early Christian church, and The Great Controversy, the last in the series, traces the conflict story to our day and then on in a prophetic vein to the earth made new.

PK The Story of Prophets and Kings, having enjoyed a circulation which has demanded many printings since its first appearance, is now presented to the public in attractive form with type reset, but with no change of text or pagination.