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Chronicles

dc.contributor.authorRistau, Kenneth A.
dc.contributor.editorHardy, H. H
dc.contributor.editorCarroll R., M. Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-28T22:12:00Z
dc.date.available2026-01-28T22:12:00Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBiblical scholars sometimes assess and value texts, especially ostensibly historiographic texts like Chronicles, based on their perceived or demonstrated historical accuracy. Based on that criterion, Chronicles has not fared well. When compared to Samuel-Kings, a version of which it likely employs as a source, and certainly when compared to inscriptions and other extrabiblical sources, Chronicles has been devalued as a late, tendentious, sanitized, and overly schematized text. This negative opinion of the text has pervaded not only academic circles but even religious communities. Rabbis and Christian theologians, past and present, have criticized Chronicles for its perceived inaccuracies, its late production, its derivative nature, and its penchant for pedantry in genealogical records and lists.
dc.description.urihttps://macewan.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MACEWAN_INST/1mogj0i/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC31191936
dc.identifier.citationRistau, K. (2024). Chronicles. In H. H. Hardy II, & M. Daniel Carroll R. (Eds.), The state of Old Testament studies: A survey of recent research (pp. 204-216). Baker Academic.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/4158
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectChronicles
dc.subjectOld Testament
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectreligion
dc.titleChroniclesen
dc.typeBook Chapter

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