Chronicles Through the Centuries (Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries)

✍ Scribed by Blaire A. French

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 251
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Offers a history of the interpretation of Chronicles in theology, worship, music, literature and art from the ancient period to the present day, demonstrating its foundational importance within the Old Testament

• Explores important differences between the same topics and stories that occur in Chronicles and other biblical books such as Genesis and Kings, including  the pious depiction of David, the clear correlation between moral behavior and divine reward, and the elevation of music in worship
• Examines the reception of Chronicles among its interpreters, including rabbis of the Talmud, Jerome, Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cotton Mather, and others, 
• Features broad yet comprehensive coverage that considers Jewish and Christian, ancient and modern, and secular and pop cultural interpretations
• Organizes discussions by verse to illuminate each one’s changing meaning across the ages

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I The Genealogies
Chapter 1 The Genealogies
David’s Genealogy and the Christian Messiah
David’s Genealogy and the Jewish Messiah
David as the Seventh Son of Jesse
Solomon’s Place in the Davidic Line
Reuben’s Genealogy
The Ephraimites’ Early Exodus
Jabez
The Genealogies – Inside or Outside of History?
Part II The Reign of David
Chapter 2 David’s Reign from Election to Dynastic Promise
David’s Election
David’s Transfer of the Ark in Chronicles
David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving
God’s Dynastic Promise and David’s Response
Chapter 3 David’s Reign from the Census to the Selection of the Temple Site
Satan and the Census
The Destroying Angel
David’s Altar as the Site of the Temple and Mount Moriah
Fire From Heaven
Chapter 4 David’s Reign from His Preparations for the Temple to His Death
David’s Disqualification as Temple Builder
David and the Temple Musicians
David’s Advice to Solomon
David’s Blessing of God
David’s Death
Part III The Reigns of Solomon and the Kings of Judah
Chapter 5 The Reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, and Asa
Solomon
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Asa’s demotion of the queen mother, Maacah
Chapter 6 The Reigns of Jehoshaphat, Joash, Uzziah, and Ahaz
Jehoshaphat
Joash
Uzziah
Ahaz
Chapter 7 The Reigns of Hezekiah, Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hezekiah
Manasseh (See Chapter Eight)
Josiah
Jehoiakim
Zedekiah
Chapter 8 The Reign of Manasseh
Manasseh in Chronicles and Kings
Chronicles’ Manasseh in the Septuagint
Qumran’s Prayer of Manasseh
Josephus’s Manasseh
Manasseh in The Ascension of Isaiah and 2 Baruch
Chronicles’ Manasseh in Early Rabbinic Literature
The Early Church Fathers’ Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh
“The Prayer of Manasseh”
Later Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh in Jewish Interpretation
Later Reception of Chronicles’ Manasseh in Christian Interpretation
Coda A: The Conclusion of Chronicles
Coda B: Julius Wellhausen’s Reception of Chronicles
Glossary of Names and Terms
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Author Index
Scriptural Index
Subject Index
EULA