1 Chronicles (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 14 | WBC)

by Roddy Braun

Publisher:

Word

, 1986

Overview

Take a fresh look at 1 Chronicles and discover its meaning for God's people by examining its origins, textual witnesses, geo-political and historical context, and theological meaning. Examine 1 Chronicles’ parallel passages from Samuel and Kings, and understand how Solomon’s temple functions as a unifying literary theme in the book. Organized for easy reference, Word Biblical commentaries make an ideal Bible study companion whether you are studying a single passage or a complete biblical book.

Key Features

• Incorporates Greek and Hebrew resources for in-depth research
• Contains author translations
• Includes Greek and Hebrew text throughout; Hebrew also transliterated

Contents

Top Highlights

“The position of the temple is central in 1 Chronicles (as well as 2 Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah)” (Page xxix)

“In general, it may be said that while any date from about 515–250 b.c. is possible, the separation of Chronicles from Ezra-Nehemiah at a minimum permits an earlier dating for Chronicles than would otherwise be the case. While certainty is impossible, it is at least interesting to consider a date nearer the rebuilding of the temple as the occasion for the initial stratum of Chronicles, i.e., about 515 b.c. This initial edition would then have been expanded and updated somewhat in the manner proposed by Cross, reaching its final form about 350–300 b.c..” (Page xxix)

“In what would appear to be the clearest case of hyperbole in the chapter, David then pays Ornan, not the fifty shekels of silver named in Samuel, but no less than six hundred shekels of gold. (It is to miss the writer’s point to explain the larger sum as due to the fact that Chronicles pictures the purchase of a larger site while Samuel pictures only that of the threshing floor and oxen, or as derived from a kind of head tax upon the various tribes of Israel.) To glorify the temple was to glorify God, and one way to glorify the temple was to escalate the cost of the site upon which it was built.” (Page 217)

“The linear genealogy commonly seeks to legitimize the position of the lastnamed person by relating him or her to an ancestor whose position is accepted as established; hence the various king lists of the ANE and the OT are uniformly linear in form. The segmented genealogy, on the other hand, has as its primary function the expression of the relationships existing between the various branches of individuals named.” (Page 2)

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Overview of Word Biblical Commentary | WBC Organization

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.

Each section of the commentary includes:

• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.
• General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

Product Details

• Title: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 14: 1 Chronicles
• Author: Roddy Braun
• Series: Word Biblical Commentary
• Volume: 14
• Publisher: Word
• Print Publication Date: 1986
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Pages: 311
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. O.T. 1 Chronicles › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781418503628, 1418503622
• Resource ID: LLS:29.18.1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:01:41Z

About Roddy Braun

Roddy L. Braun is pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Arlington, Virginia, and was professor of Semitic languages at Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is the author of Jesus: His Name and Titles: A Devotional and Theological Study.