Defining all-Israel in Chronicles : multi-levelled identity negotiation in late Persian-period Yehud / Louis C. Jonker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonker, Louis C.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 0940-4155 106.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 0940-4155 ; 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Chronicles, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Chronicles, 2nd--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Chronicles, 1st.

Bible. Chronicles, 2nd.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 358 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]

Contents:

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

From Cinderella to blossoming field

Paraleipomena and early studies on chronicles

Historical reliability of chronicles?

Composition history of chronicles

The nature of chronicles

Ideology and rhetorical aim(s) of chronicles

From re-interpretation, via "reforming history", to identity negotiation

Chronicles as re-interpretation of older historiographical traditions

Chronicles as "reforming history"

Chronicles as identity negotiation

"Identity" as heuristic category

Studies on identity in chronicles

Studies on identity in other textual corpora

Problematising "identity" as heuristic category in Biblical studies

Aim and structure of this book

Approaching "identity" in Persian-period literature

Methods matter

An overview of approaches dealing with "identity" in Persian-period literature

Postcolonial studies

Utopian studies

Social memory studies

Social-psychological studies

Methodological synthesis : approach followed in this study

The Persian period in Yehud : a multi-levelled socio-historical existence

Chronicles : a Persian-period book?

Chronicles : a book written by literati in Jerusalem?

A multi-levelled socio-historical existence

Under Persian rule : the imperial context

Royal ideology

Economy and administration

Religious conditions

Surrounded by nations and provinces : the provincial context

Samaria

Other surrounding provinces, regions

Brothers of Old : Judah and Benjamin

Levites and priests : the inner-yehudite cultic context

Synthesis

Speaking in the imperium

The genealogies (I chronicles 1-9)

A universalist frame (1:1-27)

The history of humanity and Israel continued in the reorganised temple community in Jerusalem (9:1-34)

The David narrative (1 chronicles 10-29)

"Satan stood up against Israel" (1 Chron. 21:1)

The "Man of Rest" builds the "House of Rest" (22:7-10; 28:2-3)

The Solomon narrative (2 chronicles 1-9)

The Jerusalem temple reflecting Persian palace ideology (2-7)

Yahweh loves his people (2:10 and 9:8)

Solomon ruling from the Euphrates to Egypt (9:26)

The kingdom of Judah narrative (2 chronicles 10-36)

Subtle mockery of the Persians in Egypt through Asa's history? (13:23b-16:14)

Jehoshaphat's legal reform (19:4-11)

Cyrus the Great, messenger of Yahweh (36:22-23)

Synthesis : identity negotiation in the Persian empire

Not alone in this provincial world

The genealogies (1 chronicles 1-9)

The sons of Esau : Edom's position (1:34-54)

An all-inclusive all-Israel (with a focus on 2:1-2:4 9:1a; 4:24-5:26; 7:1-40)

The David narrative (I chronicles 10-29)

All-Israel supports David as king (11:1-12:41)

Philistines, Moab, Aram, Edom, Ammon (14:8-17; 18:1-13; 19:1-19; 20:4-8)

The Solomon narrative (2 Chronicles 1-9)

No northerners building the temple (1:18-2:17)

Mount Moriah as location for the temple (3:1)

The Kingdom of Judah narrative (2 chronicles 10-36)

A Story about Judah (and not Israel) (10-36)

(Ambiguous) strife between South and North (13:1-20; 15:8-9; 21:2-22:1; 28:5b-15)

(Ambiguous) relations with peoples around Judah (17:10-11; 20:1-30; 21:8-11, 16-17; 25:5-10, 13-16; 26:6-8; 27:5; 28:17-19)

Celebrating the passover together (30:1-27; 35:17-19)

Synthesis : identity negotiation in the provincial context

Tribal rivalries of Old

Judah and Benjamin, the pillars of all-Israel (2:3-4:23 and 8:1-40)

Saul Remembered genealogically (1 Chron. 9:35-14)

Saul's death and the start of David's reign (1 Chron. 10:1-14)

Further references to Saul (11:2; 12:1,2, 20, 24,30; 13:3; 15:29; 17:13; 26:28)

A high place at Gibeon (16:37-43)

Jebus as city of David and site of the temple (11:4-9; 21:15-22:1)

Solomon sacrifices and receives wisdom from Yahweh at Gibeon (1:2-13)

"Judah and Benjamin" in Judahite history (11:1, 3, 10, 12, 23; 15:2, 8, 9; 25:5; 31:1; 34:9)

Rehoboam's reign and Judah-Benjamin (11)

Synthesis : identity negotiation in relation to Benjamin

Defining the Jerusalem cult

Levi, the centre of attention and beneficiary of land (5:27-6:66)

The Aaronide, Zadok the Priest (5:34; 6:38)

The restored cultic community in Jerusalem (9:1-34)

In continuity with different traditions of the past (priestly material)

The ark of the covenant comes to Jerusalem (13-16)

Again, Zadok the Priest (12:29; 15:11; 16:39; 29:22)

Jerusalem, Yahweh's abode forever (23:25-26)

Division and duties of levites and priests (23-27)

David's abundant freewill offerings for the temple (29:1-9)

Priests and levites celebrate the bringing of the ark to the temple (5:2-14)

The Levites assist the priests in the offerings (7:6)

Priests and levites from the north support Rehoboam (11:13-17)

Abijah's claim about the priesthood in judah (13:10-11)

Levites (and priests) teaching the Torah (17:7-9)

Priests and levites involved in Jehoshaphat's judiciary (19:4-11)

A Levite as prophet (20:14-17)

Uzziah not allowed to act as priest (26:16-21)

Hezekiah appoints levites for temple duties (29:3-36)

Priests and levites celebrate passover (30:1-27; 35:1-19)

Priests and levites collect and distribute temple income (31:2-19)

Levites involved in temple restoration (34:8-13)

Synthesis : identity negotiation in the Jerusalem cult

Synthesis and methodological possibilities

Summary of results

Multi-levelled identity negotiation in chronicles

Potential of approach for other textual corpora

Torah scholarship

Nebi'im scholarship

Ketubim scholarship

Conclusion

Bibliography

Text index

Author index

Subject index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161545955

3161545958

OCLC:

950887645

Publisher Number:

9783161545955