Chronicles and social memory : how scribes and media shaped a biblical history / Doren G. Snoek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snoek, Doren G., author.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 164.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 164

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Chronicles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collective memory.

Bible. Chronicles.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 264 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How scribes and media shaped a biblical history

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2025]

Summary:

"Doren G. Snoek evaluates social and cultural memory in biblical research and offers a new approach to Chronicles, a book often considered derivative of its sources. The author argues that it is a robust, independent story of ancient Israel and Judah." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Social memory in studies of the Hebrew bible

Social memory, scribalism and revisionary composition

Scribal processes and mnemonic potential in 1 Chronicles 1-9

Solomon's accession, from intertextuality to "forgetting"

Frames and fields of reference, the story of Joash, and the source citations

Conclusion

Appendix: 2 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 24.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- University of Chicago, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-247) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161637117

3161637119

OCLC:

1527874009