LEADER 03311nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910782577403321 005 20230421044248.0 010 $a1-281-81375-3 010 $a9786611813758 010 $a0-567-63779-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000555453 035 $a(EBL)436631 035 $a(OCoLC)287165906 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237338 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12043779 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237338 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191218 035 $a(PQKB)10826619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436631 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256281 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL181375 035 $a(OCoLC)893334292 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000555453 100 $a19971104d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRetribution and eschatology in Chronicles$b[electronic resource] /$fBrian E. Kelly 210 $aSheffield, England $cSheffield Academic Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 0 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series. ;$v211 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-11373-6 311 $a1-85075-579-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [244]-260) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aChapter 9 CHRONICLES AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONChapter 10 CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: RETRIBUTIVE MOTIFS IN 2 CHRONICLES 10-36; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors 330 $aThe Jews who returned from exile in Babylonia to Jerusalem and Judah faced difficult and straitened times, in which the bright hopes of the Restoration had faded. The Chronicler wrote his history partly to encourage his community to have faith in God's ancient promises to David, that better things would come to a penitent people. Although not often recognized as such, the books of Chronicles belong to the mainstream of biblical teaching on divine grace and hope, as the present study shows by analysing its themes of reward and punishment, and its teaching on the future. It differs significantly 410 4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 606 $aEschatology$xBiblical teaching 606 $aRetribution$xBiblical teaching 615 0$aEschatology$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aRetribution$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a222.606 676 $a222/.606 700 $aKelly$b Brian E$01508859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782577403321 996 $aRetribution and eschatology in Chronicles$93740361 997 $aUNINA