03344nam 2200649Ia 450 991045381010332120200520144314.01-281-81375-397866118137580-567-63779-4(CKB)1000000000555453(EBL)436631(OCoLC)287165906(SSID)ssj0000237338(PQKBManifestationID)12043779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237338(PQKBWorkID)10191218(PQKB)10826619(MiAaPQ)EBC436631(Au-PeEL)EBL436631(CaPaEBR)ebr10256281(CaONFJC)MIL181375(OCoLC)893334292(EXLCZ)99100000000055545319971104d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRetribution and eschatology in Chronicles[electronic resource] /Brian E. KellySheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19961 online resource (289 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ;211Description based upon print version of record.0-567-11373-6 1-85075-579-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and indexes.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 PRESENTATIONChapter 9 CHRONICLES AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONChapter 10 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIVE MOTIFS IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe 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 significantlyThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament StudiesEschatologyBiblical teachingRetributionBiblical teachingElectronic books.EschatologyBiblical teaching.RetributionBiblical teaching.222.606222/.606Kelly Brian E971390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453810103321Retribution and eschatology in Chronicles2208204UNINA