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  • Paperback: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Academic (March 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0801039479
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801039478
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5.0 out of 5 starsMore than just history
By JP Nunez on March 27, 2012
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For most people, 1 and 2 Chronicles are just boring historical books that relate a few boring extra facts about Israel's past. And if you don't pick up on the subtle theological hints that the chronicler gives his readers, then you may very well be one of those people. I sure was before I read this book, but Hahn has opened my eyes to see the beauty of 1 and 2 Chronicles. More than just a rehashing of meaningless past events, Chronicles is the story of Israel told with a purpose: to explain how God was working with His people to achieve His purposes for all of creation, the inclusion of all people in His kingdom. Hahn explains that the way the chronicler tells his story, including both what he says and what he doesn't say, reveals his theological interpretation of Israel's history. For the chronicler, all of history was moving toward the Davidic kingdom, and in that kingdom God began to extend to all the nations the blessing He promised to Abraham in Genesis 22. Chronicles was also meant to encourage its original readers whose faith in God had been shaken after the Babylonian exile, to give them hope in the face of God's apparent abandonment of His people. And at the end of every chapter, Hahn explains the deeper meanings that Christians can draw from the events in 1 and 2 Chronicles, showing how the various elements of the Davidic kingdom prefigure elements of the Church as presented in the New Testament.

If you want to learn more about this often ignored and misunderstood book, I highly recommend Hahn's commentary.
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5.0 out of 5 starsKingdom theology
By Celeste Gregory on March 21, 2012
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What did Jesus mean by "kingdom of God'? How did his fellow Jews understand it? In this magnificent exploration of the theology of 1-2 Chronicles, Dr. Scott Hahn discerns the covenantal, liturgical, and typological pattern of the Chronicler's retelling of this kingdom history--history "brought into the present tense, as it is in the liturgy" (p. 9).

Richly beautiful and beautifully rich, each chapter explores the profound theology of Chronicles. Each chapter closes the circle with a brief Christian interpretation of the Chronicler's themes, the New hidden in the Old, the Old revealed in the New. Dr. Hahn spurs the reader to attentiveness to the Chronicler's choice of a word or phrase, and even his cadences, so as to catch the theology therein: parallels with the creation account and the giving of the Law; Adam, Abraham, Melchizedek, Moses; the divine pattern of the tabernacle and the temple; liturgy and empire; how the Davidic covenant fulfills, but also looks forward to perfect fulfillment.

As the Chronicler makes sense of salvation history, we are able to find the pattern for our own work--through our liturgical service (abodah) and thanksgiving (todah).

And the above just scratches the surface.

An exquisite palimpsest.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Chronicler's Descendant
By Daniel M. Garland Jr. on May 20, 2012
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The Chronicler has been called "the first theologian of the canon." In this regard, Hahn is surely a descendant of the Chronicler. In the "The Kingdom of God as Liturgical Empire", he masterfully explicates the theological meaning of 1-2 Chronicles using Jewish, Patristic, and the best of modern critical exegesis. Hahn highlights that the Chronicler is not merely relating history, but instead gives a theological view of Israel's story from the beginning with Adam through Moses up to the end of the Babylonian Exile. With the Davidic Covenant in the forefront of the Chronicler's work, 1-2 Chronicles brings out the centrality of the Jerusalem Temple for the Davidic Kingdom, with its liturgy as the driving force of the empire. At each step of the way, Hahn shows the significance of this for the life of Israel in God's divine plan and also its importance for the life of the New Israel, the Church. This book should be digested carefully by all seminarians, biblical scholars, theologians, and anyone else who desires to understand God's word in Sacred Scripture. It is a first rate example of what Pope Benedict has called for in his Apostolic Exhortation, Verbum Domini. If you want to see an example of biblical theology done with academic rigor from the heart of the Church, this is the book for you.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery well done
By STAN on June 4, 2012
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Recently, Hahn has changed his writing tack in onder to tred the middle ground between strict scholarly writing and more popular writing. This book is an excellent example of it. Hahn accomplishes alot in this book and it is intentional. Scholars from many denominations as well as from jewish literature and recent rabbinical scholarship as well are quoted on virtually every page. The new era of biblical scholarship is well upon us now as the soil has settled and the grass is growing on the grave of the historical method. What remains is genuine canonical , faithful and honest scholarship . In the spirit within which it was written.

The particular book showcases Hahn's VERY considerable learning. But he is not strutting his stuff. In the process, again intentionally, of threading throughh chronicles, Hahn deftly shows the incredible level of scholarship that went into its writing. I fully expected, as another reviewer, that this was going to be dry, repetitious and a put-aside type book. Instead, i had difficulty putting it down. Hahn's style, while thick with knowledge, is not stuffy in the least. I have read many Hahn books, and i find him to be getting better. This convert is appearing providential to me it seems. his carrer beginning at the waning end of the historical critical method, he is the standard bearer for an ecumenical yet completely (catholic) faithful study and exegesis of scripture.

My only "note" is, as with "Kinship by covenant" is his citing of the term "malediction" in reference to the sacrifices made in a well executed temple liturgy. "Let this happen to me, if I should break this covenant". This doesn't seem to ring true, especially as Hahn notes, the liturgies are carried out with such joy, music and thanksgiving.Read more ›
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