, ii. p. 693, 1st edit.; iii.
223, 2d edit.). And from the lofty heights of science the author
of Part V. of the Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
looks compassionately down upon K. H. Graf, "who has loitered
so far behind the march of Old Testament research, as to have
thought of resuscitating the views of De Wette;" in fact,
that Chronicles may be established on an independent footing and
placed on a level with the Books of Samuel and Kings, he utterly
denies any indebtedness at all, on its part, to these, and in
cases where the transcription is word for word, maintains that
separate independent sources were made use of,--a needless
exaggeration of the scientific spirit, for the author of the Book
of Kings himself wrote the prayer of Solomon and the epitome, at
least, without borrowing from another source; the Chronicler
therefore can have derived it, directly or indirectly, only from
him.
In reply to all this, one can only repeat what has already been
said by De Wette. It may be that the Chronicler has produced
this picture of old Israel, so different in outline and colour
from the genuine tradition, not of his own suggestion and on his
own responsibility, but on the ground of documents that lay
before him.
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