Retribution and Eschatology in Chronicles

by Brian E. Kelly

Book Overview

The Jews who returned from exile in Babylonia to Jerusalem and Judah faced difficult and straitened times, in which the bright hopes of the Restoration had faded. The Chronicler wrote his history partly to encourage his community to have faith in God's ancient promises to David, that better things would come to a penitent people. Although not often recognized as such, the books of Chronicles belong to the mainstream of biblical teaching on divine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567113736
• ISBN13: 9780567113733
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"