AN N EA 10W Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Karen Armstrong, Bethal, Hilkiah
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Manasseh"s most severe critics were probably the deuteronomist reformers, who were developing a new form of yahweh during his reign and who looked askance at the cult of. Deuteronomist found it inconvincible that god could live in a human building. There were no possibility of the deuteronomist" ideal coming into effect under. Manasseh, but unexpectedly their chance came during the reign of his son, josiah. As part of this nostalgic return to the past, josiah had decided to restore the temple of. While repairing, his chief priest hilkiah discovered the scroll known as book of. Josiah found the ideology in the scroll extremely central the religious life of judah. All the elders of judah were summoned to renew the ancient covenant in the temple. They were casted outside of the city and burned. Marked the start of israel"s abhorrence of idolatry. Josiah attempted to be like david and unify the kingdom, but his reformation become savage and brutal.
