Chronicles Through the Centuries

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part 1: The Genealogies 13
1. The Genealogies 15
Part 2: The Reign of David 41
2. David's Reign from Election to Dynastic Promise 45
3. David's Reign from the Census to the Selection of the Temple Site 63
4. David's Reign from His Preparations for the Temple to His Death 82
Part 3: The Reigns of Solomon and the Kings of Judah 103
5. The Reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, and Asa 107
6. The Reigns of Jehoshaphat, Joash, Uzziah, and Ahaz 129
7. The Reigns of Hezekiah, Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah 148
8. The Reign of Manasseh 166
Coda A 187
Coda B 190
Glossary of Names and Terms 193
Abbreviations 201
Bibliography 203
Author Index 219
Scriptural Index 223
Subject Index 231

About the author

Blaire A. French is an adjunct lecturer in Biblical Hebrew at the University of Virginia, USA. She holds a doctorate in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity from the University of Virginia. She is the author of The Ticking Tenure Clock: An Academic Novel (1998) and The Presidential Press Conference: Its History and Role in the American Political System (1982).

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo D?Alisa, Federico Demaria, B French, Blaire A. French, Giorgos Kallis, Giorgos Paulson Kallis, Susan Paulson
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781119673903
• ISBN: 978-1-119-67390-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries; Wiley Blackwell Bible Commenta
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Bibles, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments