Carta Jerusalem continues its trend of providing unique, interesting, and helpful titles of the type that you just can’t find anywhere else. This title by Abba Bendavid makes sense of a part of the Bible that many have trouble with and usually just overlook– the Books of Chronicles. Probably you have struggled through the multiple genealogies that begin Chronicles and the chapters that seem to repeat Kings. This book is a tool that will really enliven your studies of Chronicles and help you see why it is not a pointless repetition.

This English edition of a work originally written in Hebrew is edited and ably introduced by scholar Mordechai Cogan, who is known for his work on Kings. He explains the design of the book and how to glean the most from it. He further explains why the KJV with its more literal translation method is a good one for this project.

The book provides a collation of parallel texts to see how Chronicles compares with other texts. Those parallels are, as you would expect, with Kings, but also with other texts going back to Genesis. Its design is primarily that you can do your own study and draw your own conclusions.

This volume lives up to its press and is an outstanding asset for all students of the Old Testament. I highly recommend it!

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