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Achtemeier, E. Preaching from the Old Testament. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1989.

Ackroyd, P. R. “History and Theology in the Writings of the Chronicler.” Concordia Theological Monthly 38 (1967): 501–15.

———.I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah. TBC. London: SCM, 1973.

———. “The Chronicler As Exegete.” JSOT 2 (1977): 2–32.

———. “The History of Israel in the Exilic and Post-Exilic Periods. Pages 320–50 in Tradition and Interpretation. G. W. Anderson, ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1979.

———. “The Chronicler in His Age.” JSOTSup 101. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.

Albright, W. F. “The Date and Personality of the Chronicler.” JBL 40 (1921): 104–24.

Allen, L. C. 1, 2 Chronicles. Communicator’s Commentary 10. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1987.

———. “Kerygmatic Units in 1 and 2 Chronicles.” JSOT 41 (1988): 21–36.

———. 1, 2 Chronicles. Mastering the Old Testament 10. Dallas: Word, 1993.

———. “The First and Second Books of Chronicles.” Pages 297–659 in Vol. 3 of The New Interpreter’s Bible. Leander E. Keck, gen. ed. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Alter, R. The David Story. New York: Norton, 1999.

Alter, R., and F. Kermode, eds. A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1987.

Berquist, J. L. Judaism in Persia’s Shadow. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1995.

Braun, R. “Solomon, the Chosen Temple Builder: The Significance of 1 Chronicles 22, 28, and 29 for the Theology of Chronicles.” JBL 95 (1976): 581–90.

———. “A Reconsideration of the Chronicler’s Attitude Toward the North.” JBL 96 (1977): 59–62.

———. “Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah: Theology and Literary History.” Pages 52–64 in Studies in the Historical Books of the Old Testament. J. A. Emerton, ed. VTSup 30. Leiden: Brill, 1979.

———. 1 Chronicles. WBC 14. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1986.

Brueggemann, W. David’s Truth. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Campbell, A. F. The Ark Narrative. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1975.

Coggins, R. J. The First and Second Books of Chronicles. CBC. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.

Curtis, E. L. The Books of Chronicles. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1910.

Davies, W. D., and L. Finkelstein, eds. Cambridge History of Judaism: Introduction, Persian Period. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1984.

De Vries, S. J. 1 and 2 Chronicles. FOTL 11. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.

Dillard, R. B. “The Reign of Asa (2 Chr 14–16).” JETS 23 (1980): 207–18.

———. “The Chronicler’s Solomon.” WTJ 43 (1981): 207–18.

———. “Reward and Punishment in Chronicles: The Theology of Immediate Retribution.” WTJ 46 (1984): 164–72.

———. “The Chronicler’s Jehoshaphat.” TrinJ 7 (1986): 17–22.

———. 2 Chronicles. WBC 15. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1987.

Dumbrell, W. J. “The Purpose of the Books of Chronicles.” JSOT 27 (1984): 257–66.

Endres, J. C., et al., eds. Chronicles and Its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings, and Related Biblical Texts. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1998.

Fishbane, M. Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Clarendon, 1985.

Freedman, D. N. “The Chronicler’s Purpose.” CBQ 23 (1961): 436–42.

Goldingay, J. “‘That You May Know That Yahweh is God’: A Study of the Relationship Between Theology and Historical Truth in the Old Testament.” TynBul 23 (1972): 58–93.

———. “The Chronicler as Theologian.” BTB 5 (1975): 99–121.

Graham, M. P., K. Hoglund, and S. McKenzie, eds. The Chronicler As Historian. JSOTSup 238. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Hooker, P. K. First and Second Chronicles. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Howard, D. M. Jr. An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Chicago: Moody Press, 1993.

Japhet, S. “The Historical Reliability of Chronicles.” JSOT 33 (1985): 83–107.

———. I and II Chronicles. OTL. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993. Johnson, M. D. The Purpose of the Biblical Genealogies. 2d ed. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1988.

Johnstone, W. 1 and 2 Chronicles (Volume 1): 1 Chronicles 1–2 Chronicles 9: Israel’s Place Among the Nations. JSOTSup 253. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

———. 1 and 2 Chronicles. (Volume 2): 2 Chronicles 10–36: Guilt and Atonement. JSOTSup 254. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Knoppers, G. 1 Chronicles. AB 12. New York: Doubleday, 2002.

Long, V. P. The Art of Biblical History. FCI 5. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994.

Mason, R. “Some Echoes of the Preaching in the Second Temple? Tradition Elements in Zechariah 1–8.” ZAW 96 (1984): 221–35.

———. Preaching the Tradition: Homily and Hermeneutics after the Exile. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990.

Mathews, K. A. “Preaching Historical Narrative.” Pages 19–50 in Reclaiming the Prophetic Mantle: Preaching the Old Testament Faithfully. G. L. Klein, ed. Nashville: Broadman, 1992.

McConville, J. G. I and II Chronicles. DSBOT. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984.

Merrill, E. H. 1, 2 Chronicles. Bible Study Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.

Myers, J. M. I Chronicles. AB 12. 2d. ed. New York: Doubleday, 1986.

———. II Chronicles. AB 13. 2d ed. New York: Doubleday, 1986.

Newsome, J. D. “Toward a New Understanding of the Chronicler and His Purposes.” JBL 94 (1975): 204–17.

———. A Synoptic Harmony of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1986.

North, R. “Theology of the Chronicler.” JBL 82 (1963): 369–81.

Payne, J. B. “1, 2 Chronicles.” EBC, 4: 303–562. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988.

Peltonen, K. History Debated: The Historical Reliability of the Chronicler in Pre-critical and Critical Research. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996.

Petersen, D. L. Late Israelite Prophecy: Studies in Deutero-Prophetic Literature and in Chronicles. SBLMS 23. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1977.

Pratt, R. L. “First and Second Chronicles.” Pages 193–205 in A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. L. Ryken and T. Longman III, eds. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993.

Rudoph, W. Chronikbücher. HAT. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1995.

Sailhamer, J. First and Second Chronicles. Everyman’s Bible Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1983.

Selman, M. J. 1 Chronicles. TOTC 10a. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994.

———. 2 Chronicles. TOTC 10b. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994.

Thompson, J. A. 1, 2 Chronicles. NAC 9. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.

Throntveit, M. A. When Kings Speak: Royal Speech and Royal Prayer in Chronicles. SBLDS 93. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987.

Tuell, S. S. First and Second Chronicles. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Vaughn, A. G. Theology, History and Archaeology in the Chronicler’s Account of Hezekiah. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999.

Wilcock, M. The Message of Chronicles. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1987.

Williamson, H. G. M. Israel in the Book of Chronicles. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1977.

———. “Eschatology in Chronicles.” TynBul 28 (1977): 115–54.

———. 1 and 2 Chronicles. NCBC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

Wilson, R. R. Genealogy and History in the Biblical World. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press, 1977.

———. “Between ‘Azel’ and ‘Azel’: Interpreting Biblical Genealogies.” BA 42 (1979): 11–22.

Wright, J. W. “Guarding the Gates: 1 Chronicles 26:1–19 and the Roles of Gatekeepers.” JSOT 48 (1990): 69–81.

———. “The Legacy of David in Chronicles: The Narrative Function of 1 Chronicles 23–27.” JBL (1991): 229–42.

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