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Recent Research in ChroniclesAppalachian State University Boone, North Carolina This article surveys trends in Chronicles scholarship from 1994 to 2007. Most of the trends established by 1993 have continued with more depth and focus, although with a few challenges. These trends include: refining the distinctions between Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemia as coming from separate authors/editors; recognizing the integral role of the genealogies; and examining the literary artistry of the Chronicler. Newer trends include: pursuing the interplay between orality, on the one hand, and textuality and literacy, on the other; and bringing insights from an increasing sociological understanding of the Persian and Hellenistic periods in general. Recent years have also seen a wealth of new commentaries.
Key Words: Chronicler Chronicles Deuteronomic History Deuteronomistic History Ezra-Nehemiah genealogies genre orality Persian period Second Temple Utopian literature.
Currents in Biblical Research, Vol. 8, No. 1,
10-50 (2009) |
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