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The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah - 2 Chronicles 10 - 36: A New Translation and Commentary (Hardcover)
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The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah - 2 Chronicles 10 - 36: A New Translation and Commentary (Hardcover)
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The book of Chronicles, the last book of the Hebrew Bible and a
central historical book of the Christian Old Testament, has in
recent decades gone from being "the Cinderella of biblical studies"
to being one of the most researched books of the Bible. The
anonymous author, often simply called "the Chronicler" by modern
scholars, looks back at the old Israelite monarchy, before the
Babylonian exile, from his vantage point in the post-exilic early
Second Temple Period, and attempts to "update" the older
historiographies of Samuel and Kings in order to elucidate their
meaning to the people of his own time. In The Chronicles of the
Kings of Judah, Yigal Levin does the same for the modern reader. He
offers a brand-new translation and commentary on 2 Chronicles
chapters 10-36, tracing the "sacred history" of the monarchy from
the division of Solomon's kingdom to the final exile and return.
Each chapter is translated from the original Hebrew into an English
that is both faithful to the original and easy for the modern
reader to follow. Extensive footnotes provide full explanations of
the translator's choices and of linguistic and literary issues,
taking note of alternative versions offered by a wide array of
ancient and modern versions and translations. The comprehensive
commentary on each section provides historical background and
explains the text both on a literary and a historical level, making
full use of the most up-to-date research on the text, literature,
history, geography and on the archaeological background of the
biblical world. The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah is to be
followed by The Chronicles of David and Solomon on 1 Chronicles 10
- 2 Chronicles 9, and then by The Chronicles of All Israel on the
genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 and including comprehensive essays
on the book of Chronicles, its time, purposes, methods and
meanings.
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