Shaping Israelite Identity through Prayers in the Book of Chronicles (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781666706925)

What is the post-exilic Israelites' destiny? What should they have hoped for? How could they actualize their desired community? This book discusses the identity of the post-exilic Israelite community by focusing on the unique rhetorical impetus in the book of Chronicles. Chronicles suggests a picture of the desired future Israel. Yet, the Chronicler does not call for a new identity, creation ex nihilo, from the community but calls for the restoration of the Israelites' past identity by reporting the history of Israel and Judah. The restoration of their past identity can be actualized when members of the community fulfill portrayed roles and characteristics in Chronicles: worshiping, monotheistic believing, and praying, and Davidic citizenship. Further, recorded prayer plays a crucial role as Chronicles persuades its readers to render or exhibit those roles and characteristics. Prayer invites the community members to participate so that they transform past prayers into their own prayers. By doing so, the prayer participants perceive portrayed roles and characteristics and change their attitude. By rendering and exhibiting desired roles and characteristics, they eventually hope for and actualize a better community, the liturgical community.

Author: Kiyoung Kim
ISBN-10: 1666706922
ISBN-13: 9781666706925
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2021
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d