Rewriting biblical history
Subtitle: essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
By: edited by Jeremy Corley and Harm van Grol
Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies -- v. 7; Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies -- v. 7.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9783110240931; 9783110240948
Subjects: Chronik (Bibel, 1.-2.); Sirach (Buch); Geschichtsschreibung; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Sirach; Bible; Chronik; Critique, interprétation
Notes: "This volume honors Emeritus Professor Pancratius C. Beentjes (known to his friends as Panc) on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. The foremost areas of his research have been Ben Sira and the Books of Chronicles"--ECIP Preface.

"Bibliography of Pancratius C. Beentjes 1974-2011": pages 335-358.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Chronicles and Ben Sira : questions of genre / Christine Mitchell; title: Aaron's polyvalent role according to Ben Sira / Friedrich V. Reiterer; title: Canonical assimilation in Ben Sira's portrayal of Joshua and Samuel / Jeremy Corley; title: The warrior-poet of Israel : the significance of David's battles in Chronicles and Ben Sira / Bradley C. Gregory; title: 1 Chronicles 16 : the chronicler's psalm and its view of history / Harm van Grol; title: The temple in Samuel-Kings and Chronicles / Steven J. Schweitzer; title: Solomon in Chronicles and Ben Sira : a study in contrasts / Benjamin G. Wright III; title: Rehoboam meets Machiavelli / Roland Boer; title: Elijah as reconciler of father and son : from 1 Kings 16:34 and Malachi 3:22-24 to Ben Sira 48:1-11 and Luke 1:13-17 / Bart J. Koet; title: Sirach 48:17-25 and the Isaiah-book : Hezekiah and Isaiah in the book of Sirach and the reader-oriented perspective of the Isaiah-book / Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen; title: Saint or sinner? : Manasseh in Chronicles / Gary Knoppers; title: Josiah and his prophet(s) in Chronicles and Ben Sira : an intertextual comparison / Renate Egger-Wenzel; title: More than a pawn in their game : Zedekiah and the fall of Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 36:11-21 / Bob Becking; title: New elements in Ben Sira's portrait of the High Priest Simon in Sirach 50 / Otto Mulder; title: Why some women were included in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 / Willien van Wieringen; title: The absence of named women from Ben Sira's praise of the ancestors / Núria Calduch-Benages; title: The review of history in Ben Sira 44-50 and Wisdom 10-19 / Maurice Gilbert.