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Table 18.1 Comparison of the Deuteronomistic and Chronicler's Histories

DHCH
Authorship Northern Levites Postexilic Levites
Date of Composition 550 B.C.E. 400 -250 B.C.E.
Audience Exilic community Restoration community
Theme Reasons for God's judgment Jerusalem temple, worship, Levites

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