@inbook{475616c283b34134bbfc816ef3b712e6,
title = "The Ideological Background of the Books of Chronicles",
abstract = "This paper examines the purpose and provenance of the books of Chronicles. It is argued that these books are best understood as part of Hasmonean historiography aimed to legitimise the Hasmonean rulers as successors to the idealized Judaean kings David, Solomon, Hezekiah, but also Rehoboam, Jehoshaphat, Joash and Manasseh who are partly whitewashed of the sins attributed to them by the author of the books of Kings. The paper critically reexamines earlier arguments in favor of an earlier, Achaemenid or early Hellenistic date of Chronicles in order to show how the books of Chronicles aligns rather than precedes Hasmonean writings such as the Judaean history written by Eupolemus.",
keywords = "Chronicles, Hasmonean historiography",
author = "\{van der Meer\}, M.N.",
year = "2026",
month = feb,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1163/9789004740655\_010",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-90-04-74064-8",
volume = "84",
series = "Oudtestamentische studi{\"e}n / Old Testament Studies",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
pages = "170--212",
booktitle = "History, Prophecy, Identity and Language in the Hebrew Bible",
address = "Netherlands",
}