The End of the Bible?: The Position of Chronicles in the Canon

Scholars have argued for the originality of the position of Chronicles at the end of the canon based on both external and internal considerations. As for the latter, various ‘closure phenomena’ allegedly indicate that Chronicles either was written for the purpose of concluding the scriptural canon o...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gallagher, Edmon L. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2014
In: Tyndale bulletin
Jahr: 2014, Band: 65, Heft: 2, Seiten: 181-199
weitere Schlagwörter:B Rabbinic
B Canon
B masoretic text
B Old Testament
B Talmud
B Chronicles
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Zusammenfassung:Scholars have argued for the originality of the position of Chronicles at the end of the canon based on both external and internal considerations. As for the latter, various ‘closure phenomena’ allegedly indicate that Chronicles either was written for the purpose of concluding the scriptural canon or was redacted for that purpose. The external evidence includes the Talmudic order of books (b. Bava Batra 14b), various Masoretic manuscripts, and a passage from the Gospels (Matt. 23:35 // Luke 11:51). This paper argues that while Chronicles surely forms an appropriate conclusion to the Bible, the evidence to hand does not demonstrate that it actually took up its place at the end of the Bible before the rabbinic period.
ISSN:0082-7118
Enthält:Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.53751/001c.29375