1 Chronicles (Hermeneia | Herm)
Overview
This commentary takes full advantage of recent advances in the textual history of Samuel and Kings, demonstrating in many cases that the differences often ascribed to the chronicler came in fact from the divergent copy of the canonical books he was rewriting. Ralph W. Klein brings to lively expression the unique theological voice of the Chronicler and demonstrates there have been far fewer secondary additions to the text than is normally assumed.
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- Includes a number of valuable insights
- Presents a detailed and authoritative interpretation
- Provides a fantastic commentary for students, teachers, scholars, and professors
Top Highlights
“Third, Jabez asked for liberation from the dire consequences of his birth and name, so that he would not suffer pain, as his mother had at his birth and as his name threatened him every moment of his life. He desired that his name would not be his fate.” (Pages 132–133)
“Instead I think the author is stressing that God brought to pass that which Jabez had requested: in reporting God’s answer to the prayer of Jabez, the Chronicler explains the high honor and apparent prosperity36 Jabez enjoyed in spite of his name and because of his piety and prayer. This might be seen as the first reference to the doctrine of retribution in the book, a doctrine that plays such a central role in the narratives of Chronicles.” (Page 133)
“but the real ruler of Israel in the Chronicler’s eye was Yahweh.” (Page 521)
“Ezra-Nehemiah seems to be dealing with a controversial contemporary issue; Chronicles is reporting events that happened more than five centuries earlier, but seems unperturbed by the intermarriages of that time.” (Page 9)
“Chronicles nowhere condemns mixed marriages and in fact does not include the indictment against Solomon’s many marriages with foreign women in 1 Kings 11.” (Page 8)
A lifetime studying Chronicles comes to its full fruition in this comprehensive commentary on a biblical book that is often overlooked. Klein’s deep penetration into the text and meaning of Chronicles is unexcelled in the English language and provides the reader of the book all that he or she needs to understand and expound the meaning of the text. It will be the standard against which other commentaries on Chronicles are measured for years to come.
—Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary
- Title: 1 Chronicles: A Commentary
- Author: Ralph W. Klein
- Series: Hermeneia
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2006
- Pages: 592
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. O.T. 1 Chronicles › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:HRMNEIA13CH1
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:00:53Z