Recent Research in Chronicles

Abstract

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.

A Blameworthy Burial: A Methodology for Inner-Biblical Allusion with a Case Study from Chronicles

“…The composition of Exodus and Chronicles cannot be attributed to specific years. However, most scholars date Chronicles to the fourth century BCE (Janzen, 2018: 10) or even more specifically to the mid to late fourth century BCE (Jonker, 2008: 654, 667; Duke, 2009: 16-22). Reasons for this dating include post-exilic references and Persian loan words and practices (Janzen, 2018: 10-11; Klein, 2006: 14-15; cf.…”