The Chronicler as historian / [edited by] M. Patrick Graham, Kenneth G. Hoglund and Steven L. McKenzie.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, |
| Description | 336 p. : port. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Graham, M. Patrick (Matt Patrick), 1950- |
| Other author/creator | Hoglund, Kenneth G. |
| Other author/creator | McKenzie, Steven L., 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Dillard, Raymond B. (Raymond Bryan), 1944-1993. |
| Other author/creator | Society of Biblical Literature. Annual Meeting (1994 : Chicago, Ill.) |
| Series | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 238 |
| Contents | Introduction / M. Patrick Graham, Kenneth G. Hoglund, Steven L. McKenzie -- Raymond B. Dillard, 1944-1993 : in memoriam / Tremper Longman III and Alan Groves -- The chronicler as historian : a comparativist perspective / Kenneth G. Hoglund -- The chronicler and his sources : historical and geographical / Anson F. Rainey -- Was the chronicler a historian? / Isaac Kalimi -- 1 Chronicles 1-9 and the reconstruction of the history of Israel : thoughts on the use of genealogical data in Chronicles in the reconstruction of the history of Israel / Roddy L. Braun -- Non-synoptic chronological references in the Books of Chronicles / William H. Barnes -- The chronicler as a historian : building texts / Ehud Ben Zvi -- The fight for peace : narrative and history in the battle accounts in Chronicles / John W. Wright -- History and historiography : the royal reforms / Gary N. Knoppers -- Prophets and prophecy in the Books of Chronicles / William M. Schniedewind -- The chronicler's speeches and historical reconstruction / Mark A. Throntveit -- 'You can't pray a lie' : truth and fiction in the prayers of Chronicles / Samuel E. Balentine -- How many in a thousand? / Ralph W. Klein --The chronicler's account of Solomon's Temple-building : a continuity theme / John Van Seters -- Joash of Judah according to Josephus / Christopher T. Begg. |
| General note | "This collection of fourteen essays has its roots in the work of the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. The committee ... chose the topic, 'Was the chronicler a historian?', for the section's theme session at the 1994 annual meeting of the SBL."--Introd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Other title | Was the chronicler a historian? |
| LCCN | 97145829 |
| ISBN | 1850756511 |
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