Julio Trebolle Barrera, PhD (1979), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Chair Professor in that university, has been member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is co-editor of 3-4 Kingdoms for the Septuagint Göttingen series. Andrés Piquer Otero, PhD (2003), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in that university. He is editor of 2 Kings for The Hebrew Bible: a Critical Edition series. Pablo A. Torijano, PhD (2000), New York University, Professor of Hebrew Studies at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is the author of Solomon the Esoteric King (Brill 2002) and co-editor of 3-4 Kingdoms for the Septuagint Göttingen series.

This volume contains a collection of Julio Trebolle's papers on textual and compositional history of 1-2 Kings, via Septuagint, Old Latin. His research is a key contribution to the landscape of textual plurality in the history of the Bible.