On Thu 14 Jul 2005 (15:25:46), christopher.heard AT pepperdine.edu wrote:
I suppose this is more of an exegetical, form-critical, or text-
critical question than a linguistic one, but does anyone on the list
know of any particular reason why these five cases should depart from
the "standard" (meaning "more frequently attested") formula?
IMHO this is simply the writer quoting his sources, as scholars do when
citing passages from other works. The "Chronicles of the Kings of Israel"
is certainly not the Biblical book(s) Chronicles DiB:ReY HaYYaMiYM.
Another source referred to is the book of Jashar (Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel
1:18).
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