The Reshaping Of Ancient Israelite History In Chronicles

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781575060583

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The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles by Isaac Kalimi Pdf

Kalimi catalogues and categorizes the techniques by which the Israelite history in Samuel-Kings is reshaped in the biblical books of Chronicles. The chapters of this study consider the various historiographical and literary changes found in the parallel texts of Chronicles. Because about half of the material in Chronicles is available to us in other biblical sources, comparison of the literary and linguistic devices used by the Chronicler are very revealing. Kalimi considers the ways in which the Chronicler has edited the material available to him, addressing such topics as: literary-chronological proximity, historiographical revision, completions and additions, various kinds of parallelism and literary devices, and so on. A handy compendium of the ways in which the Chronicler treated his material by one of the premier scholars working in the field.

Author : Issac Kalimi,Yitsḥaḳ Ḳalimi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1575062399

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Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History of Chronciles by Issac Kalimi,Yitsḥaḳ Ḳalimi Pdf

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004358768

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An Ancient Israelite Historian by Isaac Kalimi Pdf

“Kalimi, one of the esteemed specialists of the Chronicler’s work... has provided us an intriguing historical and theological study about the Chronicler’s work that will surely provoke further discussion.” — Stefan Beyerle, In: Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period 37 (2006). “Among Biblical scholars of Jewish background, Kalimi shows an outstanding ability to see and draw relationships between original passages and sources as well as ancient and modern commentaries.... Kalimi accomplished what he promised in the title of the book: to demonstrate that the Chronicler is “an ancient Israelite historian.'" - Chen Yiyi, In: Journal of Ancient Civilizations 24 (2009). “The book is another important contribution to the study of Chronicles by an eminent expert on that field, and as such is indispensable on every scholar’s desk, not only in the field of Chronicles but also for everyone with an interest in biblical historiography in general.” – M. Marciak, In: The Polish Journal of Biblical Research 8 (2009). “Professor Kalimi is to be congratulated for these two works, which are perhaps the finest analysis of Chronicles in the recent decades. Tons of ink has been spent on discussions that have gone above basic questions that the author has analyzed point by point, and no doubt studies in the future have come in the work of Kalimi a base and inescapable benchmark for discussions.” – J.M. Tebes, In: Antiguo Oriente 8 (2010).

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108471268

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Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel by Isaac Kalimi Pdf

Analyses Solomon's birth, rise, and temple-building within scriptural, archaeological and historical contexts.

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066028

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The Retelling of Chronicles in Jewish Tradition and Literature by Isaac Kalimi Pdf

Isaac Kalimi reveals the history of the book of Chronicles from Hellenistic times to the beginning of critical biblical scholarship at the dawn of the 17h century. This comprehensive examination focuses, first and foremost, on the use of Chronicles in Jewish societies through the generations and highlights the attitudes and biases of writers, translators, historians, artists, exegetes, theologians, and philosophers toward the book. The reader is made aware of what the biblical text has meant and what it has “accomplished” in the many contexts in which it has been presented. Throughout the volume, Kalimi strives to describe the journey of Chronicles not only along the route of Jewish history and interpretation but also in relation to the book’s non-Jewish heritage (namely, Christianity), demonstrating the differences and distinctiveness of the former. In contrast, the majority of commentaries on Chronicles written from the mid-19th century to the present day have contained little or nothing about the application, interpretation, and reception history of Chronicles by Jews and Christians for hundreds of years.

Author : Ehud Ben Zvi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317491453

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History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles by Ehud Ben Zvi Pdf

History, Literature and Theology in the Book of Chronicles presents a new way of approaching this key biblical text, arguing that the Book employs both multiple viewpoints and the knowledge of the past held by its intended readership to reshape social memory and reinforce the authority of God. The Book of Chronicles communicates to its intended readership a theological worldview built around multiple, partial perspectives which inform and balance each other. This is a worldview which emphasizes the limitations of all human knowledge, even of theologically "proper" knowledge. When Chronicles presents the past as explainable it also affirms that those who inhabited it could not predict the future. And, despite expanding an "explainable" past, the Book deliberately frames some of YHWH's actions - crucial events in Israel's social memory - as unexplainable in human terms. The Book serves to rationalise divinely ordained, prescriptive behaviour through its emphasis on the impossibility of adequate human understanding of a past, present and future governed by YHWH.

Author : Marc Zvi Brettler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781134649853

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The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler Pdf

Argues that the biblical historians were influenced by typology, interpretation of earlier texts, satire and ideology; shows how, with this model, we can put together a history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a key source.

Author : Raymond F. Person,Raymond F. Person (Jr.)
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589835177

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The Deuteronomic History and the Book of Chronicles by Raymond F. Person,Raymond F. Person (Jr.) Pdf

This volume reexamines and reconstructs the relationship between the Deuteronomistic History and the book of Chronicles, building on recent developments such as the Persian -period dating of the Deuteronomistic History, the contribution of oral traditional studies to understanding the production of biblical texts, and the reassessment of Standard Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical Hebrew. These new perspectives challenge widely held understandings of the relationship between the two scribal works and strongly suggest that they were competing historiographies during the Persian period that nevertheless descended from a common source. This new reconstruction leads to new readings of the literature.

Author : H. G. M. Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521037093

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Israel in the Books of Chronicles by H. G. M. Williamson Pdf

This book analyses a much neglected writer's contribution to the debate within Judaism in the post-exilic period about who might legitimately be included within the reconstituted Jerusalem community, and notably the Chronicler's attitude to the status of the Samaritan sect. It has been almost universally accepted that Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah are all parts of a single work, and so the rather 'exclusive' attitude of Ezra-Nehemiah has been read back into Chronicles. Many believe that the Chronicles intended to reject the Samaritan claim to inclusion. Dr Williamson challenges both the assumption of unity of authorship and the attribution of an exclusive attitude to the Chronicler, providing evidence to support the case for separate authorship, and examining Chronicles in its own right. A study of the use of the word 'Israel' and an analysis of the narrative structure jointly lead to the conclusion that the Chronicler reacted against the over-exclusive attitudes of some of his contemporaries, and looked for the reunion of 'all Israel' around Jerusalem and its temple. This study will interest both Old Testament scholars and students of Jewish history and culture.

Author : Sara Japhet
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066073

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The Ideology of the Book of Chronicles and Its Place in Biblical Thought by Sara Japhet Pdf

In the last several decades, interest in the Exilic and Postexilic periods of ancient Israel’s history has grown, especially as this era has been recognized to be important for the formation of the Hebrew Bible. One of the scholars at the forefront of interest in this period is Sara Japhet, now Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor Emeritus in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This volume, which is based on Japhet’s 1973 Ph.D. dissertation at the Hebrew University (published in Hebrew in 1978), was first published in English in 1989 and rapidly was recognized as a major distillation of the themes underlying the ideology of the book of Chronicles. The book of Chronicles, written at the end of the fourth century B.C.E., relates the history of Israel from its beginnings with the creation of man to the return from exile with the declaration of Cyrus. The historical and theological points of departure of the Chronicler’s description are to be found in the realities of his own day. Through this historical composition, he attempts to imbue with new meaning the two components of Israel’s life: the past, which through its sublimation and transformation into a norm was in danger of becoming remote and irrelevant, and the present, which is granted full legitimization by demonstrating its continuity with this past. The one is interpreted in terms of the other. Japhet’s study strives to reveal the Chronicler’s views and perspectives on all the major issues of Israel’s history and religion, unveiling his role as a bridge between biblical and postbiblical faith. The book has been out of print for a number of years; this edition, which has been completely retypeset (so that it is more readable), makes an important contribution to the growing body of literature that explores the development of Israelite religion during the time of the formation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Japhet’s ground-breaking work continues to make a lasting contribution to our understanding of the historical and theological position of the Chronicler.

Author : J. Alberto Soggin
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334027888

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An Introduction to the History of Israel and Judah by J. Alberto Soggin Pdf

Steering a middle course between those who argue that a history of Israel can no longer be written because the sources that we have prove inadequate, and what now seems to be the extreme conservatism of the old classic, John Bright's History of Israel, this book presents all the problems and where they cannot be resolved, provides the evidence and leaves the reader with the current situation.

Author : Matt Patrick Graham
Publisher : Society of Biblical Literature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047465722

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The Utilization of 1 and 2 Chronicles in the Reconstruction of Israelite History in the Nineteenth Century by Matt Patrick Graham Pdf

Author : Nadav Naʼaman
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781575061283

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Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context by Nadav Naʼaman Pdf

Reflecting the breadth and interconnectedness of Professor Na'aman's research areas, this volume contains contributions on archaeology, ancient Near East (other than ancient Israel), Israel's ancient history and historiography, and biblical studies. --from publisher description.

Author : Mark J. Boda,Lissa Wray Beal
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066899

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Prophets, Prophecy, and Ancient Israelite Historiography by Mark J. Boda,Lissa Wray Beal Pdf

The 18 essays by members of the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies published in this volume showcase the work of leading authorities on ancient Israelite and Jewish historiography as it intersects with the phenomenon of prophecy. A deep divide exists between the traditions of historiography and prophecy in the academic study of the Hebrew Bible, and the concern of the contributors is to close that gap, to expose the close relationship between these two traditions in the literature of the Hebrew Bible. The first section of the book explores prophecy and prophets in ancient Israelite and Jewish historiographic books (Torah, Deuteronomistic History, Chronicles, Ezra–Nehemiah, Second Temple Jewish historiography). The second section surveys historiography in Israelite and Jewish prophetic books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Book of the Twelve, Daniel, 1 Enoch). The contributors engage diverse methodological perspectives in these studies, the goal first being to show the role that the prophets played within the great Hebrew historiographic works and, second, to demonstrate the role that historiography plays within the great Hebrew prophetic works; this makes it clear that the influence is bidirectional. Prophets, Prophecy, and Ancient Israelite Historiography will be of value for advanced students and scholars working on historiographic and prophetic materials in the ancient Israelite and Jewish traditions, featuring the best of research and analysis and interacting with many major ancient literary traditions of historiography and prophecy.

Author : Kevin Burrell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004418769

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Cushites in the Hebrew Bible by Kevin Burrell Pdf

In Cushites in the Hebrew Bible Kevin Burrell examines theological, historical, and social aspects of identity construction in order to clarify the ways in which biblical authors understood and represented ancient Cushites—a largely “African” people in the biblical world.