The dark of the sun / Wilbur Smith

• Record Nr.: UNIBAS000029391
• Autore: Smith, Wilbur
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : Heinemann, 1965
• Descrizione fisica: 284 p. ; 23 cm.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Retribution and eschatology in Chronicles [[electronic resource] /] / Brian E. Kelly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453810103321
• Autore: Kelly Brian E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996
• ISBN: 1-281-81375-3; 9786611813758; 0-567-63779-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ; ; 211
• Disciplina: 222.606; 222/.606
• Soggetti: Eschatology - Biblical teaching; Retribution - Biblical teaching; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY; Chapter 2 RETRIBUTION IN CHRONICLES: A SURVEY AND CRITIQUE OF RESEARCH; Chapter 3 EXEGETICAL STUDIES (l): INTRODUCTION AND LEXICAL TERMS; Chapter 4 EXEGETICAL STUDIES ; (2): NARRATIVE AND CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 THE USE OF SOURCES IN MOTIFS OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Chapter 6 ESCHATOLOGICAL THOUGHT IN CHRONICLES: A SURVEY AND CRITIQUE OF RESEARCH; Chapter 7 ESCHATOLOGY IN CHRONICLES: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH; Chapter 8 SUBSIDIARY THEMES AND MOTIFS IN THE CHRONICLER'S PRESENTATION; Chapter 9 CHRONICLES AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONChapter 10 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIVE MOTIFS IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The Jews who returned from exile in Babylonia to Jerusalem and Judah faced difficult and straitened times, in which the bright hopes of the Restoration had faded. The Chronicler wrote his history partly to encourage his community to have faith in God's ancient promises to David, that better things would come to a penitent people. Although not often recognized as such, the books of Chronicles belong to the mainstream of biblical teaching on divine grace and hope, as the present study shows by analysing its themes of reward and punishment, and its teaching on the future. It differs significantly