Hermeneia: 2 Chronicles: A Commentary (Herm)
Overview
This volume completes Ralph Klein’s magisterial commentary on 1 and 2 Chronicles. Klein incorporates the breakthroughs of the last half-century of research. He shows that the chronicler used a text of Kings significantly different from the Masoretic Text; argues that the chronicler’s departures from the historical picture of Kings result from a distinctive theological agenda for fourth-century Judah; and explores the contours of that message—what it meant to live faithfully, to participate in temple and worship life, in the absence of political independence.
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- Incorporates the breakthroughs of the last half-century of research
- Shows that the chronicler used a text of Kings significantly different from the Masoretic Text
- Explores what it meant to live faithfull in the absence of political independence
Top Highlights
“As the last verse in Chronicles and as the last verse in the Hebrew Bible, this invitation to go to Jerusalem might apply to those living in the Diaspora at any time. Isaac Kalimi, in fact, has argued that the relevance of this passage for those living after the destruction of the temple in 70 c.e. led to Chronicles being given a prominent place at the end of the canon.” (Page 547)
“This is the only time אשׁם occurs in the plural in the Old Testament, thus emphasizing the dimensions of the northerners’ guilt.” (Page 400)
“The decree of Cyrus is identified as a fulfillment of the word of Yahweh that came through the mouth of Jeremiah,72 just as the exile itself was a fulfillment of the prophecy of Jeremiah. In Second Isaiah, Yahweh had identified Cyrus as his shepherd, who says that Jerusalem will be rebuilt and its temple foundation laid (Isa 44:28). Cyrus also is to rebuild Yahweh’s city and set Yahweh’s exiles free (Isa 45:13). In Isa 45:1, Cyrus is identified as Yahweh’s anointed. The Chronicler’s positive disposition toward Persian rule is signaled by Yahweh’s stirring up the spirit of Cyrus. His proclamation is made both orally and in writing.” (Page 546)
“The treatment of the released captives exemplifies characteristic acts of social justice in the biblical world (cf. Isa 57:7; Ezek 18:5–9).” (Page 401)
“The Samaritans are the positive characters in both narratives; the Judeans are negative” (Page 401)
- Title: 2 Chronicles: A Commentary
- Author: Ralph W. Klein
- Series: Hermeneia
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 592
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. 2 Chronicles › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:HRMNEIA14CH2
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
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