Rewriting Biblical History : : Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes /

Rewriting Biblical History : : Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes / / ed. by Harm van Grol, Jeremy Corley.

Old Testament texts frequently offer a theological view of history. This is very evident in the Books of Chronicles and in the final section of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus). Today there is renewed interest in both these works as significant theological and cultural Jewish documents from the centuries b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
BECKING, BOB,
BOER, ROLAND,
CALDUCH-BENAGES, NÚRIA,
CORLEY, JEREMY,
EGGER-WENZEL, RENATE,
GILBERT Maurice, S.J.,
GREGORY, BRADLEY C.,
GROL, HARM VAN,
KNOPPERS, GARY,
KOET, BART J.,
MITCHELL, CHRISTINE,
MULDER, OTTO,
REITERER, FRIEDRICH V.,
SCHWEITZER, STEVEN J.,
WIERINGEN, ARCHIBALD L.H.M. VAN,
WIERINGEN, WILLIEN VAN,
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN G. III,
HerausgeberIn:
Corley, Jeremy,
Grol, Harm van,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (390 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Appreciation of Pancratius C. Beentjes
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Chronicles and Ben Sira: Questions of Genre
  • Aaron’s Polyvalent Role according to Ben Sira
  • Canonical Assimilation in Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Joshua and Samuel
  • The Warrior-Poet of Israel: The Significance of David’s Battles in Chronicles and Ben Sira
  • 1 Chronicles 16: The Chronicler’s Psalm and Its View of History
  • The Temple in Samuel–Kings and Chronicles
  • Solomon in Chronicles and Ben Sira: A Study in Contrasts
  • Rehoboam Meets Machiavelli
  • Elijah as Reconciler of Father and Son: From 1 Kings 16:34 and Malachi 3:22-24 to Ben Sira 48:1-11 and Luke 1:13-17
  • Sirach 48:17-25 and the Isaiah-Book: Hezekiah and Isaiah in the Book of Sirach and the Reader-Oriented Perspective of the Isaiah-Book
  • Saint or Sinner? Manasseh in Chronicles
  • Josiah and His Prophet(s) in Chronicles and Ben Sira: An Intertextual Comparison
  • More than a Pawn in their Game: Zedekiah and the Fall of Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 36:11-21
  • New Elements in Ben Sira’s Portrait of the High Priest Simon in Sirach 50
  • Why Some Women Were Included in the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1–9
  • The Absence of Named Women from Ben Sira’s Praise of the Ancestors
  • The Review of History in Ben Sira 44–50 and Wisdom 10–19
  • Bibliography of Pancratius C. Beentjes 1974–2011
  • Contributors
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Subjects

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