Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Chronicles

Introduction/Reference

• Chronicles, Book of - by Ralph W. Klein, Anchor Bible Dictionary
• Dating Chronicles and the Purpose of Chronicles - by Jonathan Dyck, Didaskalia 8.2 (1997) 16-29; abstract
• Narrative Texts: Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah - by Ralph W. Klein, Blackwell Companion to the Old Testament
• Omitted and Remaining Matters: On the Names Given to the Book of Chronicles in Antiquity - by Gary N. Knoppers and Paul B. Harvey, Jr., Journal of Biblical Literature 121.2 (2002) 227-243

1 Chronicles 1-9

• Observations on Women in the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 - by Antje Labahn and Ehud Ben Zvi, Biblica 84 (2003) 457-478
• The View of Jerusalem in the Ethnographical Introduction of Chronicles (1 Chr 1-9) - by Isaac Kalimi, Biblica 83 (2002) 556-562
• Where Should One Look for Gideon’s Ophra? - by L. Niesiolowski-Spanò, Biblica 86.4 (2005) 478-493

1 Chronicles 4

• Echoes of Genesis in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10: An Intertextual and Contextual Reading of Jabez's Prayer ( DOC | HTML | PDF ) - by R. Christopher Heard, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4 (2002)

1 Chronicles 9

• 1 Chronicles 9,26-33: Its Position in Chapter 9 - by Piet B. Dirkson, Biblica 79 (1998); full text

1 Chronicles 16

• Psalms in Chronicles - by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (August 2005)

1 Chronicles 18

• Chronistic Tendency in 1 Chr 18,10-11 - by Piet B. Dirkson, Biblica 80 (1999); full text

1 Chronicles 21

• A comparison between the avenging angel of 1 Ch 21 and analogous "angel-like" figures in the Ugaritic Ba'al cycle - by A A da Silva, Journal of Semitics 6.2 (1994)
• Breaking Down Unity - by Ken Ristau, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies
• David: Sinner and Saint in Samuel and Chronicles - by Ralph W. Klein
• Divine Intermediaries in 1 Chronicles 21: An Overlooked Aspect of the Chronicler's Theology - by Paul Evans, Biblica 85 (2004) 545-558

1 Chronicles 28-2 Chronicles 1

• Transformations in Meaning: Solomon's Accession in Chronicles ( DOC | HTML | PDF )- by Christine Mitchell, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4.3 (2002)

2 Chronicles 6-7

• Psalms in Chronicles - by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (August 2005)

2 Chronicles 17-21

• Reform and Regression: The Chronicler's Presentation of Jehoshaphat - by G. N. Knoppers, Biblica 72 (1991); abstract

2 Chronicles 20

• Notes on Some Difficulties of Old Testament Translation - by G. Ch. Aalders, The Bible Translator 1 (1950) 9-15

2 Chronicles 27-28

• Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns in 743-732 B.C.: Historical Background of Isa 7; 2 Kgs 15-16 and 2 Chr 27-28 - by Peter Dubovsky, Biblica 87.2 (2006) 153-170

2 Chronicles 32

• The Openness of God: Does Prayer Change God? - by William D. Barrick, The Master's Seminary Journal 12 (2001) 149-166

2 Chronicles 33

• A Note on the Personal Name Amon (2 Kings 21,19-26 || 2 Chr 33,21-25) - by D. Rudman, Biblica 81 (2000); full text

2 Chronicles 34-35

• Josiah and the Torah Book: Comparison of 2 Kgs 22:1-23:28 and 2 Chr 34:1-35:19 - by Lyle Eslinger, The Hebrew Annual Review 10 (1986) 37-62

2 Chronicles 36

• So how did Jehoiakim die? - by E J Smit, Journal of Semitics 6.1 (1994); abstract

Africa and Africans

• Africa and Africans in the Books of Chronicles - by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (August 2004)

Art/Illustration

• Bible Images: Kings and Chronicles - engravings illustrating the narratives

Audience Analysis

• Who Was the Chronicler’s Audience? A Hint from His Genealogies - by Yigal Levin, Journal of Biblical Literature 122.2 (2003) 229-245

Characterization

• David
  • Images of David in Early Judaism: David as Repentant Sinner in Chronicles - by G. N. Knoppers, Biblica 76 (1995)
  • Under Yhwh's Veto: David as Shedder of Blood in Chronicles - by Donald F. Murray, Biblica 82.4 (2001) 457-476
• Jehoshaphat
  • The Chronicler's Jehoshaphat - by Ray Dillard, Trinity Journal 7 (1986) 17-22
• Joab
  • "In the house of Judah my father's house" - by Ken Ristau, presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (November 2002)
• Josiah
  • Reading and Re-reading Josiah: A Critical Study of Josiah in Chronicles - by Ken Ristau (M.A. thesis)
• Moses
• Das Mosebild im chronistichen Geschichtswerk - by Hans Rechenmacher, Revue Biblique 109.1 (2002) 57-65; abstract only

Chronology

• A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles - by Leslie McFall, Bibliotheca Sacra 148 (1991) 3-45

Composition

• Who Was the Chronicler’s Audience? A Hint from His Genealogies - by Yigal Levin, Journal of Biblical Literature 122.2 (2003) 229-245

Genealogies

• Intermarriage, Social Complexity, and Ethnic Diversity in the Genealogy of Judah - by Gary N. Knoppers, Journal of Biblical Literature 120.1 (2001) 15-30

Grammar and Syntax

• Partisipiale relatiefsinne in Esra, Nehemia en Kronieke - by W C van Wyk, Jr., Journal of Semitics 6.2 (1994); abstract

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• Conceptions of Davidic Hope in Ezekiel, Zechariah, Haggai, and the Chronicles - by Greg Herrick
• How Many in a Thousand? - by Ralph W. Klein
• Regnal Formulae as a Historiographic Device in the Book of Chronicles - by David A. Glatt-Gilad, Revue Biblique 108 (2001) 184-209; abstract
• The Book of Chronicles: Another Look - by Ehud Ben Zvi,Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/Sociéte canadienne des Études bibliques Bulletin 62 (2002-03) 5-26

Sources

• The Chronicler as an Interpreter of Scripture - by William M. Schniedewind, pp. 158-180 in Chronicles as Literature (ed. M. Patrick Graham and Steven McKenzie; JSOT Press, 1999)
• What If the Chronicler Did Use the Deuteronomistic History? - by A. Graeme Auld, Biblical Interpretation 8.1 (2000) 137-150

Temple Cult

• The High Priest in Chronicles: An Anomaly in a Detailed Description of the Temple Cult - by Steven James Schweitzer, Biblica 84 (2003) 388-40

Book Reviews

• Auffret, Pierre, Merveilles à nos yeux: Etude structurelle de vingt psaumes dont celui de 1 Ch 16,8-36 (de Gruyter, 1995) - reviewed by James W. Watts, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Brueggemann, Walter, David's Truth in Israel's Imagination and Memory (2nd ed.; Fortress, 2002) - reviewed by Marti Steussy, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Gordon, R. P. and P. B. Dirksen, Chronicles, vol. IV, 2 of The Old Testament in Syriac: According to the Peshitta Version (Leiden: Peshitta Institute, 1998) - reviewed by Andreas Juckel, Hugoye 2.2 (July 1999)
• Graham, M. Patrick and Steven L. McKenzie, The Chronicler as Author: Studies in Text and Texture (Sheffield, 1999) - reviewed by Mark McEntire, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Graham, M. Patrick, Steven L. McKenzie, and Gary N. Knoppers, eds., The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein (Clark, 2003) - reviewed by John Van Seters, Catholic Biblical Quarterly (April 2005)
• Johnstone, William. Chronicles and Exodus: An Analogy and its Application (Sheffield, 1998) - reviewed by Mark J. Boda, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Kalimi, Isaac, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, His Time, Place and Writing (Van Gorcum, 2005) - discussed by Ehud Ben Zvi, Robert L. Hubbard, Jr., Gary N. Knoppers, Ralph W. Klein, Mark A. Thronveit, and Isaac Kalimi
• Kalimi, Isaac, The Reshaping of Ancient Israelite History in Chronicles (Eisenbrauns, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Lester Grabbe, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Mark Boda, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Kalimi, Isaac, Zur Geschichtsschreibung des Chronisten: Literarisch-historiographische Abweichungen der Chronik von ihren Paralleltexten in den Samuel- und Konigsbüchern (de Gruyter, 1995) - reviewed by Gary N. Knoppers and Marvin A. Sweeney, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Vaughn, Andrew G., Theology, History, and Archaeology in the Chronicler's Account of Hezekiah (Scholars Press, 1999) - reviewed by Robert D. Haak, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)