Tradition and transformation in the book of Chronicles / by Pancratius C. Beentjes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beentjes, Pancratius Cornelis.

Series:

Studia Semitica Neerlandica 52.

Brill eBook titles 2008

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Chronicles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph contributes to a better understanding of the Book of Chronicles. The past forty years have seen a complete transformation in the study of the Book of Chronicles. The former domination of Chronicles by parallel texts in the Books of Samuel and Kings made way for studying the historical, sociological, literary, theological, and ideological aspects of Chronicles in their own right. This book/document is now increasingly recognized as being of major interest to the Second Temple Period. Reading the book of Chronicles, it appears that the Chronicler is constantly transforming Israel's tradition(s) into a new theological and ideological system. In this study, attention is, therefore, paid both to specific texts, such as 1 Chronicles 17; 21; 2 Chronicles 20; 26, and to particular central themes, such as the special function of Jerusalem, and the peculiar way of how the Chronicler presents prophets, war narratives, and genealogies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Chapter One. Adopting and adapting: Some rewritte ngenealogies in 1 chronicles 1–5

Chapter Two. Nathan’s oracle and David’s prayer in 1 chronicles 17

Chapter Three. David’s census and Ornan’s threshing-floor a close reading of 1 chronicles21

Chapter Four. Aspects of innerbiblical interpretation in 2 chronicles 20

Chapter Five. The narrative on Uzziah’s leprosy (2 Chronicles 26)

Chapter Six. Isaiah and the book of chronicles

Chapter Seven. The chronicler’s view of Israel’s earlier history

Chapter Eight. Jerusalem: The very centre of all the kingdoms of the earth

Chapter Nine. Historical persons or literary characters: Prophets in the book of chronicles

Chapter Ten. ‘Give thanks to Yhwh. Truly he is good’ psalms and prayers in the book of chronicles

Chapter Eleven. ‘We have Yhwh to Fight Our battles’ war narratives in the book of chronicles

Chapter Twelve. The importance of being registered: The role and meaning of the verbיחש in the book of chronicles

Bibliography

Index of authors

Index of textual references

Index of hebrew words

Studia Semitica Neerlandica.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-203) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612399916

9781282399914

1282399918

9789047443612

9047443616

OCLC:

645093467

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004170445.i-214 DOI