“The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord” The Place of Covenant in the Chronicler’s Theology

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 Pentateuch
6. Abraham amidst the Nations: The Priestly Concept of Covenant and the Persian Imperial Ideology 23
7. The “Eternal Covenant” in the Priestly Pentateuch and the Major Prophets 41
8. Correlating the Covenants in Exodus 24 and Exodus 34 59
9. The Covenant in Leviticus 26: A Concept of Admonition and Redemption 75
10. Part 2 Historical Books (Deuteronomistic History)
11. “The Unwritten Text of the Covenant” Torah in the Mouth of the Prophets 93
12. A Balancing Act: Settling and Unsettling Issues Concerning Past Divine Promises in Historiographical Texts Shaping Social Memory in the Late Persian Period 109
13. From Covenant to Connubium: Persian Period Developments in the Perception of Covenant in the Deuteronomistic History 131
14. Part 3 Prophecy
15. The Covenant in the Book of Jeremiah On the Employment of Family and Political Metaphors 153
16. Inner-Biblical Interpretation in the Redaction of Jeremiah 33:14–26 175
17. Breaking an Eternal Covenant: Isaiah 24:5 and Persian-Period Discourse about the Covenant 195
18. Presumptions of “Covenant” in Joel 211
19. Curse, Covenant, and Temple in the Book of Haggai 229
20. Zechariah 11 and the Shepherd’s Broken Covenant 255
21. The Reproach of the Priests (Malachi 1:6–2:9) within Malachi’s Conception of Covenant 271
22. Achaemenid Persian Concepts Pertaining to Covenant and Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi 291
23. Part 4 Wisdom Literature
24. The Psalms, Covenant, and the Persian Period 309
25. Poems, Prayers, and Promises The Psalms and Israel’s Three Covenants 323
26. “When the Friendship of God Was upon My Tent” Covenant as Essential Background to Lament in the Wisdom Literature 339
27. Qohelet and the Covenant: Some Preliminary Observations 357
28. Part 5 Chronicles, Ezr a, and Nehemiah
29. Ezra 10:3: Solemn Oath? Renewed Covenant? New Covenant? 371
30. Reenvisioning the Relationship: Covenant in Chronicles 391
31. “The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord” The Place of Covenant in the Chronicler’s Theology 409
32. Index of Authors 431
33. Index of Scripture 437