Exam 23: Retelling the Story of David

The books of Chronicles and Psalms both share significant connections to the figure of Solomon.

1 and 2 Chronicles were originally one book.

In Chronicles, the cause of David's census is:

Chronicles' almost exclusive focus is on Judah from the reign of ____________ to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 bce.

What is Chronicles' relationship to Ezra and Nehemiah? Why have these three texts traditionally been linked? What is the conclusion of modern scholars concerning this relationship?

How did the book of Psalms achieve its final structure? What organizing principles are evident?

___________ is a mysterious Hebrew term that occurs seventy-one times in the book of Psalms but whose precise function and meaning are unknown:

The last verses of Chronicles are identical to the opening verses of ____________.

Chronicles does not mention any figures or events from the northern kingdom.

The exact translation of the names of more than twenty instruments named in the Bible is often a guess.

All are used heavily as sources in Chronicles except:

What are the sources for Chronicles? How does it use them? What does the Chronicler omit? What might be some of the reasons for these omissions?

The reconstruction of Israel's musical traditions relies on all except:

Some scholars have conjectured that the Chronicler was a(n):

The term that best describes the genre of the division of the Torah known as the "Writings" in Jewish tradition is:

1 Chronicles gives __________ generations beyond Zerubbabel.

The books of _________________ are more inclusive of Judah's northern neighbors than the books of _________________.

The Hebrew title for the book of Chronicles is ____________________________.

Chronicles omits:

Scholars have conjectured that the author of Chronicles was from the tribe of _____________.