What Was Authoritative for Chronicles? Edited by Ehud Ben Zvi and Diana V. Edelman
Ben Zvi’s introduction summarizes this rather mixed bag of essays, first prepared for the 2008 and 2009 meetings of the European Association of Biblical Studies, and notes some recurring trends and themes. Under ‘One size does not fit all’, he then offers some ‘observations on the different ways tha...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 191-193 |
Review of: | What was authoritative for Chronicles? (Winona Lake, Ind : Eisenbrauns, 2011) (Auld, Graeme)
What was authoritative for Chronicles? (Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011) (Auld, Graeme) |
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Summary: | Ben Zvi’s introduction summarizes this rather mixed bag of essays, first prepared for the 2008 and 2009 meetings of the European Association of Biblical Studies, and notes some recurring trends and themes. Under ‘One size does not fit all’, he then offers some ‘observations on the different ways that Chronicles dealt with the authoritative literature of its time’, noting that this book is the most likely prominent resource for ‘reconstructing the “operative” meaning/s that the concept authoritative held within the relevant community and its text-centered literati’ (p. 16). The Chronicler recognized the authority of Samuel–Kings by writing in different Hebrew. In the longest essay, Steven J. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt038 |