Chronicler is a modern label for the writer or writers responsible for the books of 1–2 Chronicles. The term is also used for the historical and theological viewpoint expressed in those works compared to the history given in Deuteronomy and Kings. The Chronicler retells Israel’s past using earlier sources but reshapes the narrative to emphasize the temple, priesthood, worship, and faithfulness to established practice. Certain events are highlighted, minimized, or omitted to support this perspective. Rather than simply preserving history, the Chronicler interprets it, using the past to instruct a later community about identity, order, and continuity.
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- Stuckenbruck, Loren T., "The Apocalypse of Weeks: Periodization and Tradition-Historical Context" in Perrin, Andrew B., and Loren T. Stuckenbruck (eds.) Four Kingdom Motifs before and beyond the Book of Daniel
- Knoppers, Gary, "Saint or Sinner? Manasseh in Chronicles" in Beentjes, Pancratius Cornelis, et al. (eds.) Rewriting Biblical History: Essays on Chronicles and Ben Sira in Honor of Pancratius C. Beentjes
- Galbraith, Deane, "The Origin of Archangels: Idealogical Mystification of Nobility" in Myles, Robert J. (ed.) Class Struggle in the New Testament
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