Retribution and Revival: Theological Theory, Religious Praxis, and the Future in Chronicles
While accepting that in Chronicles' account of the history of the people of YHWH retribution is a determinant of the future, it is here argued that through the foundational work of David and Solomon Chronicles promotes, in notably non-retributional terms, wholehearted devotion to God articulate...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2000
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2000, Volume: 25, Issue: 88, Pages: 77-99 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | While accepting that in Chronicles' account of the history of the people of YHWH retribution is a determinant of the future, it is here argued that through the foundational work of David and Solomon Chronicles promotes, in notably non-retributional terms, wholehearted devotion to God articulated in a temple-centred religious praxis as matrix for an idyllic relationship with YHWH. The key elements in this Utopian foundation become, in 2 Chron. 7.13-15, a programme for future revival of the people, when religious decline of the kind all too soon to become manifest in the post-Solomonic era is first envisaged. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908920002508806 |