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Book Review: The Metaphor of Paul the Administrator: John K. Goodrich, Paul as an Administrator in 1 Corinthians

The approach is moderately critical and designed not to offend. The large numbers may have been changed accidentally, they may be hyperbole, or the word ‘thousand’ has changed its meaning. When Chronicles declares that Neco had spoken a word from God that Josiah had foolishly ignored, ‘perhaps it implies that Josiah had no business getting involved in supporting Babylon’ (p. 193). More likely, in my judgment, the Chronicler was trying to explain the death of Josiah theologically since Josiah had died unaccountably in Kings. Goldingay points out that Manasseh’s repentance in exile may set an example for later Judeans, but does not note the dubious historicity of this incident or its wide variance from the account in Kings. I am not convinced by his assertion that the adversary [a.k.a. Satan] reminds God when it is necessary to be tough (p. 53). He finds the consequences of David’s census a kind of compromise between taking the wrongdoing really seriously and taking mercy really seriously (p. 55). That compromise, of course, cost seventy thousand people their lives. But I would not begrudge his accomplishment. He will get more people to read Chronicles than will my two-volume commentary in the Hermeneia Series.