The Cushites in the Chronicler's version of Asa's reign : a secondary audience in Chronicles?
In a previous contribution I have indicated that the Books of Chronicles could be described as "reforming history" which stands in the service of a process of identity construction in late-Persian Yehud. I have indicated there that the unique perspective of the Chronicler can especially be...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 863-881 |
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| Summary: | In a previous contribution I have indicated that the Books of Chronicles could be described as "reforming history" which stands in the service of a process of identity construction in late-Persian Yehud. I have indicated there that the unique perspective of the Chronicler can especially be detected in those passages where the author has made significant changes to the Deuteronomistic version. In the present contribution I focus on the Chronicler's reinterpretation of the narrative about Asa's reign. The Chronicler's version (MT 2 Chron 13:23b-16:14) is much longer than the Deuteronomistic parallel (MT 1 Kgs 15:9-24). This narrative is studied in order to determine whether the Books of Chronicles were perhaps also directed toward a secondary audience - apart from the Jewish community in Yehud. The theory is advanced that these books were intended also to be overheard by the Persian officials in Jerusalem and Samaria. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85831 |
