The Census “Crisis Episode” and the Chronicler’s Mythic Agenda in 1 Chronicles 21
The census narrative in 1 Chr 21 draws from the earlier version of the episode preserved in 2 Sam 24, which followed a mythological pattern we encounter in “crisis episodes” deriving from the monarchic era. The Chronicler introduces changes that not only depart from his source material on the litera...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2023, Volume: 73, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 707-735 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
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/ Bible. Chronicle 1. 21
/ Bible. Samuel 2. 24
/ Iran (Antiquity)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | The census narrative in 1 Chr 21 draws from the earlier version of the episode preserved in 2 Sam 24, which followed a mythological pattern we encounter in “crisis episodes” deriving from the monarchic era. The Chronicler introduces changes that not only depart from his source material on the literary level; they also break with the older mythological patterns found in earlier crisis episodes. These departures result from the influence of Persian imperial mythology on the Chronicler’s writing, with implications for the Chronicler’s own mythological agenda within his rendition of the census narrative and the chapters surrounding it. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-bja10108 |