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Christine Mitchell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 months, 4 weeks ago
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Christine Mitchell deposited The righteousness of the Levites in Chronicles and Ezekiel on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months ago
An analysis of the language of righteousness in Chronicles and Ezekiel
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Christine Mitchell deposited What to Do with All These Canaanites? A Settler-Canadian Reading of Biblical Conquest Stories – corrected deposit on Humanities Commons 2 years ago
Replaces previous deposit, which was in error (contributor’s agreement rather than manuscript)
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Christine Mitchell deposited What to Do with All These Canaanites? A Settler-Canadian Reading of Biblical Conquest Stories in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoReading the biblical conquest stories in light of the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
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Christine Mitchell deposited David and Darics: Reconsidering an Anachronism in 1 Chronicles 29 in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis note examines the use of the term “daric” in 1 Chr 29:7 for its ideological purposes, concluding that the anachronism was deployed purposely to signal resistance to imperial rule.
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Christine Mitchell deposited David and Darics: Reconsidering an Anachronism in 1 Chronicles 29 in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis note examines the use of the term “daric” in 1 Chr 29:7 for its ideological purposes, concluding that the anachronism was deployed purposely to signal resistance to imperial rule.
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Christine Mitchell deposited David and Darics: Reconsidering an Anachronism in 1 Chronicles 29 in the group
Ancient Near East on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis note examines the use of the term “daric” in 1 Chr 29:7 for its ideological purposes, concluding that the anachronism was deployed purposely to signal resistance to imperial rule.
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Christine Mitchell deposited What to Do with All These Canaanites? A Settler-Canadian Reading of Biblical Conquest Stories on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Reading the biblical conquest stories in light of the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
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Christine Mitchell deposited David and Darics: Reconsidering an Anachronism in 1 Chronicles 29 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
This note examines the use of the term “daric” in 1 Chr 29:7 for its ideological purposes, concluding that the anachronism was deployed purposely to signal resistance to imperial rule.
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Christine Mitchell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
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Christine Mitchell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months ago
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Christine Mitchell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years ago
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Christine Mitchell deposited The Testament of Darius (DNa/DNb) and Constructions of Kings and Kingship in 1-2 Chronicles in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoIn this paper I argue that many aspects of the distinctive vocabulary and themes of 1-2 Chronicles reflect Achaemenid ideology as seen in the Testament of Darius. The doctrine of immediate retribution, the motif of seeking-and-finding, the use of the words maʿal and hitḥazzeq, the motif of the deity choosing the king, and other features are d…[Read more]
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Christine Mitchell deposited 1-2 Chronicles in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoEntry in one-volume commentary
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In 1-2 Chronicles, there are a number of prophetic voices that proclaim Yhwh’s curse upon the king or Israel/Judah, usually foretelling the exile. Only 2 Chr 21:11-20 depicts the curse as being in written form, and only in this passage is the king explicitly cursed with illness. This curse story is also the only story of Elijah in Chronicles. I…[Read more]
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Christine Mitchell deposited Levites that have more tsedeq than Tsadoq: Reading 2 Chr 29:34 in a web of righteousness on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
It is well-recognized that Chronicles and Ezekiel have opposing views on the suitability of Levites for service in the Jerusalem temple cult. Ezek 44 contains a diatribe against the Levites, while the entire book of Chronicles is an encomium to them. In this paper I focus specifically on 2 Chr 29:34, where the Levites are described as being “more…[Read more]
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Christine Mitchell deposited Retellings and Agency in Chronicles: The Case of Jehoshabeath (2 Chr 22:10-12) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
The motif of the endangered infant is found across a wide variety of eastern Mediterranean cultures (e.g., Sargon of Agade, Cyrus, Moses, Jesus). The story of Joash’s rescue by Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr 22:10-12 (= 2 Kgs 11:1-3) is an abbreviated version of the motif. In this paper, I explore the gendered dynamics of the story as it is retold in C…[Read more]
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Entry in one-volume commentary
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Christine Mitchell deposited Bakhtin and the Ideal Ruler in 1-2 Chronicles and the Cyropaedia on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
When we turn to a study of ancient Hebrew narrative, most readers prefer the engaging and artful narratives of Samuel and Kings to the seemingly plodding and pedantic narrative of Chronicles. Recently, however, Chronicles has enjoyed a minor surge of interest. As plodding and pedantic as Chronicles may be, perhaps as boring as Chronicles may be,…[Read more]
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Christine Mitchell deposited ‘How Lonely Sits the City’: Identity and the Creation of History on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
In this essay I will discuss the development of the genre of historiography in the Persian
period. In order to do so, I will first outline my understanding of historiography
as a genre, an understanding grounding in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. I
will then use two approaches, which I will synthesize in order to make a third. - Load More
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