1 Chronicles: Volume 0 (Historical Commentary on the Old Testament) - Softcover

Dirksen, P.B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042916192 ISBN 13: 9789042916197

Publisher: Peeters Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

During the last few decades there has been a growing scholarly interest in the Book(s) of Chronicles, which resulted in a respectable number of commentaries in various languages. Yet, the book remains inviting for further study and research. The present commentary is a result of it. It attempts to understand the Book of Chronicles as an expression of the author's religious conviction and piety in the context of the late Persian period, which provided him with the reason and stimulans for writing this work as a religious appeal to his readers. His (assumed) intention is determinative of both the contents and the structure of the work, and in a number of cases contributes to a better understanding of smaller textual units. An extensive introduction deals among others with the writer's purpose and with some themes which occur throughout the book.

About this title

Synopsis:

"The Historical Commentary on the Old Testament" is a new international series of commentaries that devotes explicit attention to the history of interpretation of biblical tradition in all its stages, both within and without the Hebrew canon. The aim of this commentary is to indicate what the intention of the Chronicler was in writing and composing his work, both as a whole and in its parts. Hence, as regards the synoptic passages, there is no detailed discussion of the historical and geographical background to the material in its original context.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peeters Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9042916192
• ISBN 13: 9789042916197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 358