The critical overview of recent - 2st Century - discussions on biblical history and literature of the Persian period takes shape in light of one of this period's most general and comprehensive works, viz. Chronicles. To Chronicles, some valuable commentaries have been devoted; these commentaries' authors are Sara Japhet, Hugh G. M. Williamson, Gary N. Knoppers, and this reviewer. In the last decades, the Persian period has developed "from a relatively unfavoured postscript to the 'biblical period' to a mainstream component of biblical studies" (Philipp Davies). Chronicles itself is one of the most significant products of a processus described as a "reshaping" (Isac Kalimi), a "reinterpretation" (William Riley), or simply as an "Auslegung" (Thomas Willi). On the whole, the literature of the Persian period may be seen as constantly referring to prior, fore-running, and, for that matter, mostly pre-exilic referential literature. Chronicles, then, provides at least three key concepts for paving the road into this historical discussion by illuminating a) the World-kingship of JHWH, b) the house of JHWH's residence viz. the temple in Jerusalem, and c) the appropriate way of behaving and living.

Enthalten in:
Theologische Literaturzeitung; 2010/10 Monatsschrift für das gesamte Gebiet der Theologie und Religionswissenschaft (2010)

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Serie / Reihe: Theologische Literaturzeitung

Personen: Willi, Thomas

Schlagwörter: Bibel Literatur Iran (Altertum)