Chronicling the Chronicler
Subtitle: the Book of Chronicles and early second temple historiography
By: edited by Paul S. Evans and Tyler F. Williams
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781575062907
Subjects: Historiography; Bible; Geschichtsschreibung; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Chronik
Notes: "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."--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: The genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 : purposes, forms, and the Utopian identity of Israel / Steven Schweitzer; title: Reading the lists : several recent studies of the Chronicler's genealogies / Keith Bodner; title: Seeking Saul in Chronicles / P.J. Sabo; title: Let the crime fit the punishment : the Chronicler's explication of David's "sin" in 1 Chronicles 21 / Paul S. Evans; title: Of Jebus, Jerusalem, and Benjamin : the Chronicler's Sondergut in 1 Chronicles 21 against the background of the late Persian Era in Yehud / Louis Jonker; title: Historia or exegesis? : assessing the Chronicler's Hezekiah-Sennacherib narrative / Paul S. Evans; title: Reading Chronicles and reshaping the memory of Manasseh / Ehud Ben Zvi; title: The cohesiveness of 2 Chronicles 33:1-36:23 as a literary unit concluding the book of Chronicles / Shannon E. Baines; title: "To him you must listen" : the prophetic legislation in Deuteronomy and the reformation of classical tradition in Chronicles / Gary N. Knoppers; title: Divine retribution in Herodotus and the book of Chronicles / John W. Wright; title: Gazing through the cloud of incense : Davidic dynasty and temple community in the Chronicler's perspective / Mark J. Boda; title: Toward a sense of balance : remembering the catastrophe of monarchic Judah/(ideological Israel and exile through reading Chronicles in late Yehud / Ehud Ben Zvi; title: Response: Reflections on the book of Chronicles and Second Temple historiography / Christine Mitchell.