Chronicling the Chronicler
The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography
Edited by Paul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams
Chronicling the Chronicler
The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography
Edited by Paul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams
The thirteen essays in this volume are largely revised papers which were originally presented as part of the Ancient Historiography Seminar of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies and they investigate particular texts of Chronicles, examine central themes, and consider future prospects for Chronicles study.
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- Table of Contents
The volume includes chapters by Shannon E. Baines, Ehud Ben Zvi, Mark J. Boda, Keith Bodner, Paul S. Evans, Louis Jonker, Gary N. Knoppers, Christine Mitchell, Peter J. Sabo, Steven J. Schweitzer, and John W. Wright.
The essays represent many different perspectives, methodologies, and conclusions regarding the Chronicler’s work and this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Chronicles, ancient Israelite historiography and biblical literature in general.
Acknowledgments ii
Abbreviations x
Introduction
Paul S. Evans
Part 1
Texts and Studies
The Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1–9: Purposes, Forms,
and the Utopian Identity of Israel 9
Steven Schweitzer
Reading the Lists: Several Recent Studies of the
Chronicler’s Genealogies 9
Keith Bodner
Seeking Saul in Chronicles 3
P. J. Sabo
Let the Crime Fit the Punishment: The Chronicler’s Explication
of David’s “Sin” in 1 Chronicles 21 65
Paul S. Evans
Of Jebus, Jerusalem, and Benjamin: The Chronicler’s Sondergut
in 1 Chronicles 21 against the Background
of the Late Persian Era in Yehud 81
Louis Jonker
Historia or Exegesis? Assessing the Chronicler’s
Hezekiah-Sennacherib Narrative 103
Paul S. Evans
Reading Chronicles and Reshaping the Memory of Manasseh 121
Ehud Ben Zvi
The Cohesiveness of 2 Chronicles 33:1–36:23 as a Literary Unit Concluding the Book of Chronicles 141
Shannon E. Baines
Part 2
Central Themes
“To Him You Must Listen”: The Prophetic Legislation in Deuteronomy
and the Reformation of Classical Tradition in Chronicles 161
Gary N. Knoppers
Divine Retribution in Herodotus and the Book of Chronicles 195
John W. Wright
Gazing through the Cloud of Incense: Davidic Dynasty and
Temple Community in the Chronicler’s Perspective 215
Mark J. Boda
Toward a Sense of Balance: Remembering the Catastrophe of
Monarchic Judah/(Ideological) Israel and Exile
through Reading Chronicles in Late Yehud 247
Ehud Ben Zvi
Part 3
Future Prospects
Response: Reflections on the Book of Chronicles
and Second Temple Historiography 269
Christine Mitchell
Bibliography 279
Indexes 311
Index of Authors 11
Index of Scripture 16
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