1 Chronicles, Second Edition (Readings - A New Biblical Commentary S.)

John Jarick

ISBN 10: 1905048890 / ISBN 13: 9781905048892

Published by Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd 2007-10-25, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1 Chronicles, Second Edition (Readings - A New Biblical Commentary S.)
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd 2007-10-25
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905048890
• ISBN 13: 9781905048892
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The books of Chronicles have a certain fantasy quality about them. They create an imaginary world in which things happen just so, and in which any potentially untidy loose ends in their narrative of the past are tied together in a highly systematic way. This is storytelling with the didactic purpose of inculcating a particular ideology, bombarding the reader with a kaleidoscopic procession of heroes and villains and presenting a frontierland of danger and opportunity. John Jarick's focus on the literary world of Chronicles provides a fresh reading of the work, foregrounding the often unrecognized artistry in the telling of the tale-including at times a distinctly musical language and a careful mathematical precision. But at the same time he does not hide the dark underbelly of the writing, with its persistent note of conformity to the political and religious system advocated by the storytellers. This edition is a reprint of the original 2002 edition with different pagination. A companion volume on 2 Chronicles is published for the first time in 2007.

About the Author

John Jarick is Lecturer in Old Testament at the University of Oxford.