tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21683728.post2007078038976647884..comments2023-08-09T16:09:15.493+01:00Comments on An Englishman in North London: A reading chronicleChris Hillcoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07013882545774791344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21683728.post-32311003860339257662008-01-22T22:06:00.000+00:002008-01-22T22:06:00.000+00:00The BST by Michael Wilcock makes Chronicles better...The BST by Michael Wilcock makes Chronicles better.<BR/><BR/>The first 9 chapters is full of things - Er and Achar show that birth in Israel and circumcision doesn't guarantee good standing before God (echoed in Romans 9) and "the inclusion of Bathsua and Tamar show that neither pagan background nor an incestuous relationship in itself precludes membership of that people" - that's just 5 verses of the big long list!<BR/><BR/>You have the focus on Levi and the priests and the paths to kings - Benjamin and Judah - especially Judah. It keeps focussing on kings and priests throughout - it's on a Messiah hunt (as the Messiah merges kingly and priestly roles). Judah comes first after Israel is mentioned, as inheritor of the promise of the Messiah from his descendants.<BR/><BR/>Chronicles is better placed, as it is in the Hebrew Bible, at the end of the Old Testament, rather than not after Samuel/Kings - not only would you have had a big gap before covering the same ground, Chronicles is a summary of the whole OT and works well as a conclusion.Si Holletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928376477302729848noreply@blogger.com