| Description |
1 online resource (422 pages) : 1 map |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 263 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 263.
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| Contents |
Function, explanation and literary phenomena : aspects of source criticism and theory and method in the history of Chronicles research / Kai Peltonen -- The chronicler as redactor / Steven L. McKenzie -- What was the main source of the Books of Chronicles? / A. Graeme Auld -- A Rhetorical approach to appreciating the Books of Chronicles / Rodney K. Duke -- The fabula of the Book of Chronicles / John W. Wright -- The Chronicler as an interpreter of scripture / William M. Schneidewind -- Treasures won and lost : royal (mis)appropriations in Kings and Chronicles / Gary N. Knoppers -- When the foreign monarch speaks / Ehud Ben Zvi -- Foreigners, warfare and Judahite identity in Chronicles / Armin Siedlecki -- What Chronicles has to say about Psalms / Howard N. Wallace -- Reading, readers and reading readers reading the account of Saul's death in 1 Chronicles 10 / James M. Trotter -- The dialogism of Chronicles / Christine Mitchell -- Whose song of praise? Reflections on the purpose of the Psalm in 1 Chronicles 16 / Kirsten Nielsen -- David and God in 1 Chronicles 21 : Edged with mist / Noel Bailey -- Utopian politics in 2 Chronicles 10-13 / Roland T. Boer -- 2 Chronicles 36.20-23 as literary and theological interface / Magnar Kartveit |
| Summary |
This volume represents an international collaboration focusing on the books of Chronicles as literature, looking at their literary sources, their techniques of composition, their perspectives, how they were read in antiquity, and the value of contemporary reading strategies for bringing the text to life in the present day. It opens with five 'Overview' articles by Kai Peltonen, Steven McKenzie, Graeme Auld, Rodney Duke and John Wright; William Schniedewind, Gary Knoppers, Ehud Ben Zvi, Armin Siedlecki and Howard Wallace deal with 'Themes'; and James Trotter, Christine Mitchell, Kirsten Nielsen |
| Notes |
Sequel to: The chronicler as historian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Chronicles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Chronicles fast |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Kronieken (bijbelboeken)
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Literaire kritiek (bijbelwetenschap)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Graham, M. Patrick (Matt Patrick), 1950-
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McKenzie, Steven L., 1953-
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| ISBN |
9780567262998 |
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0567262995 |
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