Conférence - Louis Jonker : Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa
About this episode
Louis Jonker discusses the Book of Chronicles and its impact on identity in post-Apartheid South Africa.
Thomas Römer Milieux bibliques Collège de France Année 2025-2026 Changing Biblical Interpretation? Conférence - Louis Jonker : Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa Louis Jonker Faculté de théologie de l'université de Stellenbosch, Afrique du Sud Résumé The second lecture will focus on the book Chronicles as a rewriting of older historical traditions in changed and changing imperial-political environments. It will be shown that Chronicles was (and is) "reforming history" that contributed immensely to the identity negotiation processes of the communities in the Persian province of Yehud where returnees from the Babylonian exile lived together with remainees who have never gone into exile. It will be shown how this book responded to the new political dispensation on different levels: on the overarching imperial level, on provincial level, on the level of tribal memories of old, on cultic level at the temple in Jerusalem, and on the level with diasporic Jews who never returned to the land after the exile.
More episodes of Milieux Bibliques - Thomas Römer
- Conférence - Louis Jonker : Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa
- Séminaire - Sophie Ramond : David dans le livre des Chroniques
- 08 - Les origines de la monarchie israélite : Saül, David et Salomon : La fin du règne de David et l'arrivée au pouvoir de Salomon
- 07 - Les origines de la monarchie israélite : Saül, David et Salomon : Le transfert de l'arche à Jérusalem et la royauté ambiguë de David
- Séminaire - Emanuelle Pastore : Le roi Salomon : un état de la question sur les textes et leur histoire
- 06 - Les origines de la monarchie israélite : Saül, David et Salomon : Saül chez la nécromancienne d'En-Dor et La royauté de David
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Milieux Bibliques - Thomas Römer podcast page.