The Tent of Meeting and the Missing Ark: The Chronicler’s View

Students of Chronicles have long been perplexed by the extensive treatment of the ark in the Chronicler’s narratives, which is surprising, given the general assumption that the ark was not part of the paraphernalia of the postexilic temple. Following a brief review of the ark’s depiction in Chronicl...

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Main Author: Rothstein, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2021, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 418-429
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ark of the Covenant / Chronicle / Temple / Tent / archē / Tabernacle / Sacrifice (Religion, Motiv)
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
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Summary:Students of Chronicles have long been perplexed by the extensive treatment of the ark in the Chronicler’s narratives, which is surprising, given the general assumption that the ark was not part of the paraphernalia of the postexilic temple. Following a brief review of the ark’s depiction in Chronicles and earlier views regarding the implications of the ark’s absence for the Chronicler, the present essay proffers a new approach to the place of the ark in the Chronicler’s Weltanschauung .
ISSN:1568-5330
Contains:Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341081