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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782577403321

Autore

Kelly Brian E

Titolo

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

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

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