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Doren G. Snoek translates current theory in memory studies to textual production in antiquity. Focusing on textual and material scribal processes that contribute to the formation of historical knowledge, especially for the biblical book Chronicles, he describes how scribes respond to social conditions and existing texts as they generate new "media offers," that is, new scrolls and the new narratives they contain. He argues that Chronicles creates new social, political, and religious possibilities and, in some cases, may have caused the loss of historical knowledge. The study contributes to scholarship by characterizing Chronicles as a literarily autonomous and materially independent national history for Yehud.
Price: £82.50
Pages: 279
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
Publication Date:
17 October 2025
ISBN: 9783161637117
Format: Paperback
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Born 1986; 2007 BA in Philosophy and Religion; 2014 MDiv; 2015 ThM; 2017 MA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; 2022 PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago; Associate Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, University of St Andrews.
Introduction1 Social Memory in Studies of the Hebrew Bible1.1 Terminology in Memory Studies1.2 Memory Studies and the Hebrew Bible: A Very Brief History 2 Social Memory, Scribalism, and Revisionary Composition2.1 Memory Theory, Media Offers, and the Problem of Reception2.2 Scribalism, Media Offers, and Social Memory2.3 A Brief Application of the Model: Some Scribal Processes in the Hebrew Bible2.4 Conclusion: A Model for the Study of Social Memory and Biblical Texts 3 Scribal Processes and Mnemonic Potential in 1 Chronicles 1–93.1 Scribal Processes in the Chronicler’s Genealogies3.2 Scribal Reception and Mnemonic Potential3.3 Conclusion 4 Solomon’s Accession, from Intertextuality to “Forgetting”4.1 Intertextuality and Solomon’s Accession: Two Approaches4.2 Solomon’s Accession in Samuel-Kings and in Chronicles4.3 Beyond Intertextuality: Production, Potential, Reception4.4 From Intertextuality to Cultural “Forgetting” 5 Frames and Fields of Reference, the Story of Joash, and the Source Citations5.1 2 Chronicles 24 and 2 Kings 12: Texts and the Question of Sources5.2 The Joash Account in 2 Chronicles 24 and Internal / External Fields of Reference5.3 The Mnemonic Potential of 2 Chronicles 24 6 Conclusion6.1 Social Memory Theory and Biblical Studies6.2 Social Memory and the Writing and Reception of Chronicles 6.3 On Reading ChroniclesAppendix: 1 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 24