History and Theology in the Writings of the Chronicler

Authors

Peter R. Ackroyd, Kings College, London

Publication Date

9-1-1967

Document Type

Article

Keywords

chronicler, ezra, history, nehemiah, theology, davidic, samuel

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

It would seem as if the Greek title of the two books of Chronicles, Ta Paraleipomena (“The things omitted") has left a certain legacy of doubt about the value of the work of the Chronicler. In liturgical use as well as in reconstructions of the history, particularly those of a more conservative kind, the tendency has often been for passages from 1 and 2 Chronicles to be inserted or utilized at what appear to be appropriate places when Samuel and Kings are being read or the history of that period is being surveyed, by way of supplementing the material covered in those books.

Disciplines

Biblical Studies

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

1 Kings 22:28; 2 Chronicles 6:11; 1 Kings 8:21;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Ackroyd, Peter R. (1967) "History and Theology in the Writings of the Chronicler," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 38, Article 50.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol38/iss1/50