In Search Of Ancient Israel

Author : Philip R. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567662989

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In Search of 'Ancient Israel' by Philip R. Davies Pdf

The appearance of In Search of 'Ancient Israel' generated a still-raging controversy about the historical reality of what biblical scholars call 'Ancient Israel'. But its argument not only takes in the problematic relationship between Iron Age Palestinian archaeology and the biblical 'Israel' but also outlines the processes that created the literature of the Hebrew bible-the ideological matrix, the scribal milieu, and the cultural adoption of a national literary archive as religious scripture as part of the process of creating 'Judaisms'. As such, in this volume Philip R. Davies challenges the whole spectrum of scholarly consensus about the origins of 'Israel' and its scriptures, in a manner that is both learned and accessible. For this new edition Davies has provided a new extended introduction, in which he considers how the debate has raged since the book was first published, and in which he repositions this classic work within the present scholarly context.

Author : Philip R. Davies
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015028465782

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In Search of "ancient Israel" by Philip R. Davies Pdf

Author : Bernd U. Schipper
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646020270

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A Concise History of Ancient Israel by Bernd U. Schipper Pdf

The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to present a critical revision of the history of Israel and Judah from the late second millennium BCE to the beginning of the Roman period. Considering archaeological material as well as biblical and extrabiblical texts, Schipper argues that the history of “Israel” in the preexilic period took place mostly in the hinterland of the Levant and should be understood in the context of the Neo-Assyrian expansion. He demonstrates that events in the exilic and postexilic periods also played out differently than they are recounted in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah. In contrast to previous scholarship, which focused heavily on Israel’s origins and the monarchic period, Schipper’s history gives equal attention to the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, providing confirmation that a wide variety of forms of YHWH religion existed in the Persian period and persisted into the Hellenistic age. Original and innovative, this brief history provides a new outline of the historical development of ancient Israel that will appeal to students, scholars, and lay readers who desire a concise overview.

Author : Paula M. McNutt
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066422265X

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Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel by Paula M. McNutt Pdf

In this volume Paula McNutt provides a synthesis of recent research on the nature and development of the society of ancient Israel. Focusing on Israelite history from the tribal period through the time of Persian domination, McNutt employs a social-scientific perspective to examine recent reconstructions of the social and cultural contexts that nurtured the literature of the Hebrew Bible. She also offers a helpful overview of the components and dynamics of ancient Israelite society. By investigating the intricate social processes that sustained the society of ancient Israel, McNutt enables the reader to discern the forces at work during key periods of transition and transformation in early Israelite history.

Author : Marc Zvi Brettler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134649846

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The Creation of History in Ancient Israel by Marc Zvi Brettler Pdf

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel demonstrates how the historian can start to piece together the history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a source.

Author : William G. Dever
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802867018

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The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel by William G. Dever Pdf

"In this book William Dever addresses the question that must guide every good historian of ancient Israel: What was life really like in those days? Writing as an expert archaeologist who is also a secular humanist, Dever relies on archaeological data, over and above the Hebrew Bible, for primary source material. He focuses on the lives of ordinary people in the eighth century B.C.E. - not kings, priests, or prophets - people who left behind rich troves of archaeological information but who are practically invisible in "typical" histories of ancient Israel."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Keith W. Whitelam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317799160

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The Invention of Ancient Israel by Keith W. Whitelam Pdf

The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the realisation of the state of Israel in 1948. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'. This study concentrates on two crucial periods from the end of the late Bronze Age to the Iron Age, a so-called period of the emergence of ancient Israel and the rise of an Israelite state under David. It explores the prospects for developing the study of Palestinian history as a subject in its own right, divorced from the history of the Bible, and argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this area, have contributed to dispossession both of a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This contoversial book is important reading for historians, Biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine.

Author : John Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567245540

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In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel by John Day Pdf

In recent years there has been a tendency among certain scholars to claim that little can be known about pre-exilic Israel, because the Old Testament was only compiled in the post-exilic period (for example Philip Davies, Thomas Thompson, Neils Peter Lemche). One scholar (Lemche) has even claimed that the Old Testament is a Hellenistic work. The purpose of this book is to argue that this is an extreme and untenable position and that, though much of the Old Testament was indeed edited in the exilic or post-exilic period, many of the underlying sources used go back to the pre-exilic period. When critically analyzed these sources can shed much light on the pre-exilic period. This important work is the product of a team of seventeen international scholars, no fewer than five of whom are Fellows of the British Academy. None of the chapters has previously been published.

Author : Ilana Pardes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520929722

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The Biography of Ancient Israel by Ilana Pardes Pdf

The nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions. Pardes calls for a consideration of the Bible's penetrating renditions of national ambivalence. She reads the rebellious conduct of the nation against the grain, probing the murmurings of the people, foregrounding their critique of the official line. The Bible does not provide a homogeneous account of nation formation, according to Pardes, but rather reveals points of tension between different perceptions of the nation's history and destiny. This fresh and beautifully rendered portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis.

Author : Lester L. Grabbe
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1850756694

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Can a 'history of Israel' be Written? by Lester L. Grabbe Pdf

This Symposium asks whether a 'history of Israel' can be written, and if it can, how? Can the Hebrew Bible be used as a source for such history? The question of writing the 'history of ancient Israel' has become fiercely debated in recent years. It is a debate that seems to generate more heat than light because of quite different concepts of historical methodology. The European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History was founded specifically to address this problem. Members of the Seminar hold a variety of views but all agree that there is a problem to be tackled. The first meeting of the Seminar, held in Dublin in 1996, was devoted to some broad questions: (1) Can a 'history of ancient Israel' (or Palestine, Syria, the Levant, etc.) be written? (2) If so, how? What place does the Hebrew Bible have as a source in writing this history? This first volume contains the main papers that were prepared to set the stage for the discussion, along with an introduction to the Seminar, its aims and its membership. The editor also provides a concluding chapter summarizing and reflecting on the debate.>

Author : John Van Seters
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 1575060132

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In Search of History by John Van Seters Pdf

The primary concern of the book is to understand the origins and nature of history-writing in ancient Israel. The investigation is undertaken against the background of history-writing in the Near Eastern and classical worlds. Professor Van Seters begins with a broad survey of all the historiographic material relevant for the study of Israel's own writing of history. He then turns his attention to the question of Israel's historiography by focusing particularly on the Deuteronomistic Historian, the first Israelite historian.

Author : Julius Wellhausen,John Sutherland Black,Allan Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010510303

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Prolegomena to the History of Israel by Julius Wellhausen,John Sutherland Black,Allan Menzies Pdf

Author : James Maxwell Miller
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 066421262X

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A History of Ancient Israel and Judah by James Maxwell Miller Pdf

A significant achievement, this book moves our understanding of the history of Israel forward as dramatically as John Bright's A History of Israel, Martin Noth's History of Israel, and William F. Albright's From the Stone Age ot Cristianity did at an earlier period.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780222776

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The History of Ancient Israel by Michael Grant Pdf

The definitve guide to the history of ancient Israel. The History of Ancient Israel covers the epic story of Jewish civilisation from its beginnings to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the Temple in AD 70. It deals with Israel's relations with the great empires which shaped its development and with the changing internal structure of the Jewish state, drawing both on excavation and the Hebrew Bible.

Author : Israel Finkelstein,Neil Asher Silberman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780743223386

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The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein,Neil Asher Silberman Pdf

In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors. In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible—the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts. Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.