Rewriting biblical history essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes - Beentjes, Pancratius Cornelis; Corley, Jeremy; Grol, Harm van. (Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011)
Chronicles and Ben Sira : questions of genre / Christine Mitchell -- Aaron's polyvalent role according to Ben Sira / Friedrich V. Reiterer -- Canonical assimilation in Ben Sira's portrayal of Joshua and Samuel / Jeremy Corley -- The warrior-poet of Israel : the significance of David's battles in Chronicles and Ben Sira / Bradley C. Gregory -- 1 Chronicles 16 : the chronicler's psalm and its view of history / Harm van Grol -- The temple in Samuel-Kings and Chronicles / Steven J. Schweitzer -- Solomon in Chronicles and Ben Sira : a study in contrasts / Benjamin G. Wright III -- Rehoboam meets Machiavelli / Roland Boer -- Elijah as reconciler of father and son : from 1 Kings 16:34 and Malachi 3:22-24 to Ben Sira 48:1-11 and Luke 1:13-17 / Bart J. Koet -- Sirach 48:17-25 and the Isaiah-book : Hezekiah and Isaiah in the book of Sirach and the reader-oriented perspective of the Isaiah-book / Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen -- Saint or sinner? : Manasseh in Chronicles / Gary Knoppers -- Josiah and his prophet(s) in Chronicles and Ben Sira : an intertextual comparison / Renate Egger-Wenzel -- More than a pawn in their game : Zedekiah and the fall of Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 36:11-21 / Bob Becking -- New elements in Ben Sira's portrait of the High Priest Simon in Sirach 50 / Otto Mulder -- Why some women were included in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9 / Willien van Wieringen -- The absence of named women from Ben Sira's praise of the ancestors / Núria Calduch-Benages -- The review of history in Ben Sira 44-50 and Wisdom 10-19 / Maurice Gilbert.
"This volume honors Emeritus Professor Pancratius C. Beentjes (known to his friends as Panc) on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. The foremost areas of his research have been Ben Sira and the Books of Chronicles"--ECIP Preface.
"Bibliography of Pancratius C. Beentjes 1974-2011": p. [335]-358.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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