HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Books Of Chronicles, Davidic Line, Jeduthun
20 Jun 2020
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The books of 1 and 2 chronicles used the books of samuel and 2 kings. Lecture 33-34: alternate history; yahweh"s kindness towards israel -- 1 and 2 chronicles is a history of israel from babylon is an account mostly about judah (the history of david and his dynasty) is divided into 3 major sections. The united monarchy [1 chronicles 10 - 2 chronicles 9] The book of chronicles originally bore no title. The septuagint"s title = paraleipomena, meaning things omitted in the earlier corpus in rabinic tradition is called the matters of the days came from jerome (4th c, ad) The name chronicles was adopted in most english bibles. Martin luther, influenced by jerome, borrowed the tile chronicles from his german translation. Chronicles is the work of a single individual. Occasional additions from a different hand are identifiable. The author has extensive knowledge of the temple system and its personnel, specifically the levites.
