Retribution and eschatology in Chronicles / Brian E. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Brian E.

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; 211

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology--Biblical teaching.

Eschatology.

Retribution--Biblical teaching.

Retribution.

Bible. Chronicles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Jews who returned from exile in Babylonia to Jerusalem and Judah faced difficult and straitened times, in which the bright hopes of the Restoration had faded. The Chronicler wrote his history partly to encourage his community to have faith in God's ancient promises to David, that better things would come to a penitent people. Although not often recognized as such, the books of Chronicles belong to the mainstream of biblical teaching on divine grace and hope, as the present study shows by analysing its themes of reward and punishment, and its teaching on the future. It differs significantly

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY; Chapter 2 RETRIBUTION IN CHRONICLES: A SURVEY AND CRITIQUE OF RESEARCH; Chapter 3 EXEGETICAL STUDIES (l): INTRODUCTION AND LEXICAL TERMS; Chapter 4 EXEGETICAL STUDIES (2): NARRATIVE AND CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 THE USE OF SOURCES IN MOTIFS OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Chapter 6 ESCHATOLOGICAL THOUGHT IN CHRONICLES: A SURVEY AND CRITIQUE OF RESEARCH; Chapter 7 ESCHATOLOGY IN CHRONICLES: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH; Chapter 8 SUBSIDIARY THEMES AND MOTIFS IN THE CHRONICLER'S PRESENTATION

Chapter 9 CHRONICLES AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONChapter 10 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIVE MOTIFS IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611813758

9781281813756

1281813753

9780567637796

0567637794

OCLC:

287165906