Chronicler

See also: chronicler

English

Etymology

chronicle +‎ -er

Proper noun

Chronicler

  1. The presumed author/redactor of the Book of Chronicles and certain other books of the Tanakh.
    Synonym: Chronist
    • 2010, Tremper Longman, David E. Garland, The Expositor's Bible Commentary: 1 Chronicles-Job, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 36:
      The Chronicler's survey of events in the history of Judah (often, but not always, from a positive perspective) is articulated through a theological framework centered on covenant. In short, the book of Chronicles recounts the faithful acts of ...
    • 2019, CSB Bibles by Holman, KJV Apologetics Study Bible, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 49:
      […] effort to prevent a fall back into the idolatry and apostasy that had brought on God's judgment in the first place. The Chronicler, like the postexilic prophets, did not desire a repeat of the Lord's judgment on Israel  […]
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