Josiah's Reform



1.
Read 2 Kings 22 and 23 and identify as many signs as possible of the pervasiveness of polytheism and the problem that it posed for the worship of Yahweh.


2.
Discuss the probable origins of the "Book of the Law" found in the Temple. Who found the book? Who authenticated it? Where did it come from? What book in moderns Bibles is probably connected with this "Book of the Law," and what suggests this connection?