An ancient Israelite historian : : studies in the Chronicler, his time, place and writing / / Isaac Kalimi.

• Superior document: Studia Semitica Neerlandica, v. 46
• Author: Kalimi, Isaac.
• Place / Publishing House: Assen : : Royal Van Gorcum,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 212 pages).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Abbreviations -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- The Characterization of the Chronicler and His Writing -- The Date of the Book of Chronicles: Biblical Text, Elephantine Papyri and ElIbrahimiah ’s Aramaic Grave Inscription -- Utilization of Pun / Paronomasia in the Chronistic Writing -- The View of Jerusalem in the Ethnographical Introduction of Chronicles -- The Capture of Jerusalem in the Deuteronomistic and Chronistic History -- The Eternal City: “Jerusalem” versus “City of David” -- The Twilight of Jerusalem: King Jehoiachin and the Temple Vessels in the Deuteronomistic and Chronistic History -- Jerusalem - The Divine City: The Representation ofJerusalem in Chronicles Compared with Earlier and Later Jewish Compositions -- \'So Let Him Go Up [to Jerusalem]!\': A Historical and Theological Observation on Cyrus’ Decree in Chronicles -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources -- General Index - Names and Topics -- Index of Authors.