Chronicles Through the Centuries (eBook)

Blaire A. French (Autor)

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2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-69006-2 (ISBN)

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Offers a history of the interpretation of Chronicles in theology, worship, music, literature and art from the ancient period to the present day, demonstrating its foundational importance within the Old Testament

• Explores important differences between the same topics and stories that occur in Chronicles and other biblical books such as Genesis and Kings, including  the pious depiction of David, the clear correlation between moral behavior and divine reward, and the elevation of music in worship
• Examines the reception of Chronicles among its interpreters, including rabbis of the Talmud, Jerome, Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cotton Mather, and others, 
• Features broad yet comprehensive coverage that considers Jewish and Christian, ancient and modern, and secular and pop cultural interpretations
• Organizes discussions by verse to illuminate each one's changing meaning across the ages

Blaire A. French is an adjunct lecturer in Biblical Hebrew at the University of Virginia, USA. She holds a doctorate in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity from the University of Virginia. She is the author of The Ticking Tenure Clock: An Academic Novel (1998) and The Presidential Press Conference: Its History and Role in the American Political System (1982).

Inhalt

Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 9
Acknowledgments 11
Introduction 13
Part I The Genealogies 25
Chapter 1 The Genealogies 27
David’s Genealogy and the Christian Messiah 30
David’s Genealogy and the Jewish Messiah 33
David as the Seventh Son of Jesse 35
Solomon’s Place in the Davidic Line 38
Reuben’s Genealogy 39
The Ephraimites’ Early Exodus 41
Jabez 44
The Genealogies – Inside or Outside of History? 49
Part II The Reign of David 53
Chapter 2 David’s Reign from Election to Dynastic Promise 57
David’s Election 58
David’s Transfer of the Ark in Chronicles 64
David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving 69
God’s Dynastic Promise and David’s Response 72
Chapter 3 David’s Reign from the Census to the Selection of the Temple Site 75
Satan and the Census 76
The Destroying Angel 80
David’s Altar as the Site of the Temple and Mount Moriah 88
Fire From Heaven 91
Chapter 4 David’s Reign from His Preparations for the Temple to His Death 94
David’s Disqualification as Temple Builder 95
David and the Temple Musicians 98
David’s Advice to Solomon 103
David’s Blessing of God 105
David’s Death 110
Part III The Reigns of Solomon and the Kings of Judah 115
Chapter 5 The Reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, and Asa 119
Solomon 119
Rehoboam 132
Abijah 134
Asa 135
Asa’s demotion of the queen mother, Maacah 138
Chapter 6 The Reigns of Jehoshaphat, Joash, Uzziah, and Ahaz 141
Jehoshaphat 141
Joash 149
Uzziah 154
Ahaz 158
Chapter 7 The Reigns of Hezekiah, Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah 160
Hezekiah 160
Manasseh (See Chapter Eight) 165
Josiah 165
Jehoiakim 174
Zedekiah 175
Chapter 8 The Reign of Manasseh 178
Manasseh in Chronicles and Kings 179
Chronicles’ Manasseh in the Septuagint 180
Qumran’s Prayer of Manasseh 181
Josephus’s Manasseh 181
Manasseh in The Ascension of Isaiah and 2 Baruch 182
Chronicles’ Manasseh in Early Rabbinic Literature 184
The Early Church Fathers’ Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh 188
“The Prayer of Manasseh” 192
Later Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh in Jewish Interpretation 194
Later Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh in Christian Interpretation 196
Coda A: The Conclusion of Chronicles 199
Coda B: Julius Wellhausen’s Reception of Chronicles 202
Glossary of Names and Terms 205
Abbreviations 213
Bibliography 215
Author Index 231
Scriptural Index 235
Subject Index 243
EULA 251

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Bible Commentaries
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Altes Testament • Bibelstudien • Bible history • biblical history • Biblical Studies • Jewish reception studies • Old Testament • reception studies • Religion • Religion & Theology • Religion u. Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-118-69006-0 / 1118690060
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-69006-2 / 9781118690062