The Retelling of Chronicles in Jewish Tradition and Literature
A Historical Journey
- 416 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Isaac Kalimi reveals the history of the book of Chronicles from Hellenistic times to the beginning of critical biblical scholarship at the dawn of the 17h century. This comprehensive examination focuses, first and foremost, on the use of Chronicles in Jewish societies through the generations and highlights the attitudes and biases of writers, translators, historians, artists, exegetes, theologians, and philosophers toward the book. The reader is made aware of what the biblical text has meant and what it has "accomplished" in the many contexts in which it has been presented.
Throughout the volume, Kalimi strives to describe the journey of Chronicles not only along the route of Jewish history and interpretation but also in relation to the book's non-Jewish heritage (namely, Christianity), demonstrating the differences and distinctiveness of the former. In contrast, the majority of commentaries on Chronicles written from the mid-19th century to the present day have contained little or nothing about the application, interpretation, and reception history of Chronicles by Jews and Christians for hundreds of years.
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Table of contents
- Cover Front
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible
- Chapter 3: Chronicles’ Use in the New Testament
- CHapter 4: Chronicles’ Use in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- Chapter 5: Chronicles in the Septuagint, the Judeo-Hellenistic Historians, and the Philosopher Philo
- Chapter 6: Chronicles, the Dead Sea Scrolls,and the Cairo Geniza
- Chapter 7: Chronicles at Dura-Europos and in the Cognate Arts
- Chapter 8: Chronicles in the Mosaic Inscriptionof the Ancient Synagogueat Ein-Gedi