A Homiletical Commentary On The Books Of Chronicles - Couverture souple

Wolfendale, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0548286647 ISBN 13 : 9780548286647

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Samuel and Kings political. In the mind of the writer the religious establishment is of primary, the State of secondary importance (cf. Speak. Com.). There are three principal features (a) a greater tendency to dwell on the ritual, on the details of the Temple worship, the various functions of the Priests and Levites, the arrangement of the courses and the like; (6) a marked genealogical bias, and desire to record names of persons engaged in events narrated ;(c) a more constant, open, and direct ascription of all the events of history to Divine agency, and especially a more plain reference of every great calamity or deliverance to the good or evil deeds of the monarch, or the nation, which Divine Providence so punished or re warded (cl. Speak. Com.). The Object. It is historical, yet the writer seems to forget former histories and gives his own. First to give an entire history from the very beginning to meet the difficulties of the time to preserve true genealogies of families and since future prosperity depends upon the preservation of the Temple with its priests and service, he begins with David, describes Solomon sacts, and then follows out the history of Judah (not of I srael), and shows how kings maintained its worship or introduced idolatry, and were rewarded or punished according to their conduct. It is thus apparent that the object of Ezra in writing the Books of Chronicles was to place before the Jews such an aspect of their past history as would show them that from the peculiar constitution of their government as a Theocracy, the glories and decadence even of the Davidic monarchy were most closely associated with the recognition of the Lords presence by a faithful maintenance of the worship which he had ordained for that purpose. Such a view of their history was calculated to strengthen the religious element of their nationality, to teach them that
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0548286647
• ISBN 13: 9780548286647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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