A Monument and a Name: The Primary Purpose of Chronicles' Genealogies

The primary purpose of the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 is to construct a monument to the pre-exilic dead of Judah and Israel, reflecting the important cultural value Judeans placed on the preservation of one's name after death. Ancient Near Eastern and archaeological evidence suggests that...

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Main Author: Janzen, David 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2018, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-66
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Bible. Chronicle 1. 1-10 / Judea / Israel (Antiquity) / Death / Memory / Name (Motif) / History 722 BC-586 BC / Archaeology / Ancient Orient
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HA Bible
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Burial
B Names
B pedigree
B Memorials
B Genealogies
B 1 Chronicles 1-9
B Death
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Summary:The primary purpose of the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 is to construct a monument to the pre-exilic dead of Judah and Israel, reflecting the important cultural value Judeans placed on the preservation of one's name after death. Ancient Near Eastern and archaeological evidence suggests that the preservation of ancestral names for many generations was something available only to the elite; by opening the work with a monument to the pre-exilic ancestral dead, the Chronicler implies readers would raise their cultural status by supporting a restoration of the pre-exilic polity. The Chronicler used the genealogies to reflect important themes of the work, but the one thing they do that narrative cannot is to create a literal monument to the dead.
ISSN:1476-6728
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089215702885