The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture
(Paperback, NIPPOD)
Publishing Details
The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture
By (Author) M. Patrick Graham
Edited by Steven L. McKenzie
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st November 2009
NIPPOD
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Christianity
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
222
Physical Properties
Paperback
424
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This volume represents an international collaboration focusing on the books of Chronicles as literature, looking at their literary sources, their techniques of composition, their perspectives, how they were read in antiquity, and the value of contemporary reading strategies for bringing the text to life in the present day. It opens with five 'Overview' articles by Kai Peltonen, Steven McKenzie, Graeme Auld, Rodney Duke and John Wright; William Schniedewind, Gary Knoppers, Ehud Ben Zvi, Armin Siedlecki and Howard Wallace deal with 'Themes'; and James Trotter, Christine Mitchell, Kirsten Nielsen, Noel Bailey, Roland Boer and Magnar Karveit address specific texts. The collection both reflects and stimulates recent and contemporary fascination with the Chronicler in biblical scholarship.
Reviews
"Stimulating...it's generally racily written articles contribute greatly to an appreciation of a fascinating, if daunting, biblical corpus." --William Johnstone, Evangelical Quarterly, 74.4 2002.
Author Bio
M. Patrick Graham is Margaret A. Pitts Associate Professor of Theological Bibliography at Candler School of Theology, and Director of Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta. Steven McKenzie is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.
