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Author | : Niels Peter Lemche |
Publisher | : Hendrickson Publishers |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : |
Download Prelude to Israel's Past Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"In Prelude to Israel's Past, Lemche examines the nature and function of Old Testament historical narrative. Is the biblical narrative a reliable source of historical knowledge? Or does it have a literary and theological life of its own - proclaiming a truth that cannot be contested because it recounts "events" that happened once upon a time? Lemche explores these questions from two directions. First, he analyzes the biblical narratives from Abraham to Moses and demonstrates that these narratives are literature, not documents written by professional historians. Second, he compares the biblical portrait of the patriarchs with what we know about this period from other ancient sources. He urges that the Bible continues to guide and console a believing people not because it is a historically accurate record of past events but because its living stories recount a truth unfettered by time and culture."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Alan R. Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1959-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780802216939 |
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Author | : Joseph V. Montville |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0739168142 |
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A collection of essays that offers a narrative of the intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, and aesthetic real-world creative engagement among Jews, Muslims, and some Christians in daily life in Spain and around the Mediterranean.
Author | : V. Philips Long |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 633 |
Release | : 1999-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1575065134 |
Download Israel's Past in Present Research Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The debate over history, history-writing, and the scientific study of history is reaching an apex in the late twentieth century and shows no signs of abating in the near future. The literature on the topic is prodigious. The time is thus ripe for an anthology of essays of the sort that Professor Long has collected, essays that trace the history of the issues that have fed into the debate. The classic and contemporary essays presented here provide an overview and introduction to the topic, bringing together the most essential of these in a handy compilation. The book is organized in six sections: (1) The State of Old Testament Historiography (2) Ancient Near Eastern Historiography (3) Ancient Israelite Historiography (4) Method in the Study of Ancient Israelite Historiography (5) The Historical Impulse in the Old Testament (6) The Future of Israel’s Past Long’s goal is to provide a context for Israelite history-writing within the milieu of the ancient Near East, expose the methodologies and assumptions of various approaches and perspectives on historiography, and provide access to essays that examine the contribution of the Hebrew Scriptures themselves to the origins of history-writing. The final essay, by Long, points the way to future research and topics that will move the discussion forward into the next millennium. Professor V. Philips Long teaches Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis.
Author | : James Karl Hoffmeier |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802821737 |
Download The Future of Biblical Archaeology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In recent times Biblical archaeology has been heavily criticised by some camp who maintain that it has little to offer Near Eastern archaeology. However, some scholars carry on the fight to change people's views and this collection of essays continues the trend towards reassessing and reemphasising the link between the Bible and archaeology.
Author | : Victor Harold Matthews |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664224363 |
Download A Brief History of Ancient Israel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Grounded in the latest archeological developments, Victor Matthews's A Brief History of Ancient Israel presents a concise history of Israel covering the ancestral period, conquest and settlement, the monarchy, and both the exilic and postexilic periods. Using supplemental figures and insets, the author concentrates on providing a cogent and condensed discussion of events. He examines historical geography, archaeological data, and, where relevant, comparative cultural materials from other ancient Near Eastern civilizations. With an accessible yet high-quality introduction, A Brief History of Ancient Israel will be of immense value to both students of the Old Testament and the scholars who teach them.
Author | : Anne Sinai |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780608161440 |
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Author | : Max Bodenheimer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Zionists |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Dr. Alan R. Taylor |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2017-06-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1787205304 |
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First published in 1959, this book by eminent professor of Middle Eastern studies, Alan R. Taylor, traces the Zionist endeavors to establish a Jewish state in Palestine from the founding of the Zionist movement in 1897 to the creation of Israel, with special emphasis on the diplomatic methodology involved. It deals specifically with the Zionist formulation of particular goals, and the implementation of policies designed to achieve these goals.
Author | : Susan Niditch |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9780252068836 |
Download A Prelude to Biblical Folklore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Treating Old Testament stories as the product of an oral traditional world, A Prelude to Biblical Folklore sets biblical narrative in a broad cross-cultural context and reveals much about the richness and complexity of the ancient Israelite civilization that produced it. Using a unique combination of biblical scholarship and folklore methodology, Susan Niditch tracks stories of biblical characters who become heroes against the odds, either through trickery or through native wisdom, physical prowess, and the help of human or divine agents. In this volume, originally published as Underdogs and Tricksters, Niditch examines three cross-sections of the Old Testament in detail: stories in Genesis in which patriarchs pretend that their wives are really their sisters; the contrasting stories of two younger sons, the trickster Jacob and the earnest underdog Joseph; and the story of Esther as a paradigm of feminine wisdom pitted against unjust authority. Linking these Old Testament heroes to the legendary tricksters and underdogs of other cultures, Niditch shows how the Israelites' worldview and self-image are reflected in the way biblical authors tell their stories. Through a thoughtful analysis of style, content, narrative choices, and attitudes to issues of gender and political authority in biblical narrative, A Prelude to Biblical Folklore draws persuasive conclusions about the identity, location, and provenance of the stories' authors and their audiences.