The purpose of this study is to know what is the message and character of the historian of Chronicles. The historian of Chronicles wrote Israel history newly at the time when the King's direct rule was not reconstructed yet after the Exile, including ...
The purpose of this study is to know what is the message and character of the historian of Chronicles. The historian of Chronicles wrote Israel history newly at the time when the King's direct rule was not reconstructed yet after the Exile, including all periods from Adam, who was the first ancestor of man to Ezra and Nehemiah.
Especially, in this study, I am going to illuminate theological thoughts and literary form of the historian of Chronicles. The historian of Chronicles used mainly the books of Samuel and the books of Chronicles that were original materials. However, he excluded things resolutely, which did not fit his intention, or used corrected materials and inserted some materials that he edited himself. He also developed a completely different historical view from the deuteronomist by using special materials.
The historian of Chronicles interested in David's Royal family and Jerusalem temple. Especially the historian focused on David's eternal covenant. David's throne would continue forever, through recovering of the ritual community of Israel, and Jerusalem is the only real place of worship. The historian of Chronicles showed us differences from the materials of the deuteronomist. It added and changed his materials sometimes, even if he was faithful to the materials of the deuteronomist. However, the reasons of these differences were that the historian of Chronicles had to give urgent teaching to the people of those times, rather than he distorted the history, and that he can b called all revivalist of faith who lighted old truth at that time.