TY - BOOK ID - 135313396 TI - Historiography and identity (re)formulation in Second Temple historiographical literature PY - 2010 SN - 1283114151 9786613114150 0567111377 9780567111371 9781283114158 6613114154 9780567410627 0567410625 PB - New York T & T Clark DB - UniCat KW - Jews KW - History KW - Historiography KW - Identity KW - Bible. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135313396 AB - It is commonly accepted in various disciplines and contexts that history writing often (if not always!) contribute to the process of identity (re)formation. Using the past in order to find a renewed identity in new (socio-political and socio-religious) circumstances, is something that we also witness in Hebrew Bible historiographies. The so-called Deuteronomistic History, as well as the works of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah, are often read from the perspective of a community trying to find a new identity in changed circumstances. In the Historical Books section at the 2008 Auckland SBL Interna ER -