2 Chronicles: A Commentary - Hardcover

Ralph W. Klein; Paul D. Hanson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080066101X ISBN 13: 9780800661014

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2012

Synopsis

This volume completes Ralph Klein's magisterial commentary on 1 and 2 Chronicles. Klein incorporates the breakthroughs of the last half-century of research. He shows that the Chronicler used a text of Kings significantly different from the Masoretic Text; argues that the Chronicler's departures from the historical picture of Kings result from a distinctive theological agenda for fourth-century Judah; and explores the contours of that messagewhat it meant to live faithfully, to participate in temple and worship life, in the absence of political independence.

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About the Author

Ralph W. Klein is Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor of Old Testament at The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He is the author of Textual Criticism of the Old Testament: The Septuagint after Qumran (1974); Israel in Exile: A Theological Interpretation (1979); 1 Samuel (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 10, 1983); Ezekiel: The Prophet and His Message (1988); and 1 Chronicles (Hermeneia; Fortress Press, 2006).

From the Back Cover

Ralph W. Klein's magisterial commentary on 1 and 2 Chronicles is now complete. Klein brings to lively expression the unique theological voice of the Chronicler and demonstrates there have been far fewer secondary additions to the text than is normally assumed. 2 Chronicles takes full advantage of recent scholarship in the textual history of Samuel and Kings, demonstrating in many cases that the differences often ascribed to the Chronicler came in fact from the divergent copy of the canonical books he was rewriting.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080066101X
• ISBN 13: 9780800661014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592