The A To Z Of Ancient Israel
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Author | : Niels Peter Lemche |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810875659 |
For these very reasons, because Ancient Israel means so much to us and because we actually know so little for sure, The A to Z of Ancient Israel is particularly important. It examines the usual sources in the Old Testament and surveys the findings of more recent archaeological research to help us determine just what happened and when, a far from simple task. It includes entries on most of the persons, places, and events which are generally considered, and shows more broadly what the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were like and what role they played in the ancient world, but it also defines them as closely as possible according to the latest data.
Author | : James Maxwell Miller |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 1986-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780664212629 |
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 | : Ziony Zevit |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 2003-06-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780826463395 |
This is the most far-reaching interdisciplinary investigation into the religion of ancient Israel ever attempted. The author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data and epigraphy to determine what is known about the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). The evidence is synthesized within the structure of an Israelite worldview and ethos involving kin, tribes, land, traditional ways and places of worship, and a national deity. Professor Zevit has originated this interpretive matrix through insights, ideas, and models developed in the academic study of religion and history within the context of the humanities. He is strikingly original, for instance, in his contention that much of the Psalter was composed in praise of deities other than Yahweh. Through his book, the author has set a precedent which should encourage dialogue and cooperative study between all ancient historians and archaeologists, but particularly between Iron Age archaeologists and biblical scholars. The work challenges many conclusions of previous scholarship about the nature of the Israelites' religion.
Author | : Bill T. Arnold |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2014-11-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441246347 |
The history of Israel is a much-debated topic in Old Testament studies. On one side are minimalists who find little of historical value in the Hebrew Bible. On the other side are those who assume the biblical text is a precise historical record. Many serious students of the Bible find themselves between these two positions and would benefit from a careful exploration of issues in Israelite history. This substantive history of Israel textbook values the Bible's historical contribution without overlooking critical issues and challenges. Featuring the latest scholarship, the book introduces students to the current state of research on issues relevant to the study of ancient Israel. The editors and contributors, all top biblical scholars and historians, discuss historical evidence in a readable manner, using both canonical and chronological lenses to explore Israelite history. Illustrative items, such as maps and images, visually support the book's content. Tables and sidebars are also included.
Author | : Norman Karol Gottwald |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664219772 |
This work offers a reconstruction of the politics of ancient Israel within the wider political environment of the ancient Near East. Gottwald begins by questioning the view of some biblical scholars that the primary factor influencing Israel's political evolution was its religion.
Author | : Julius Kerman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Leadership in the Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Helena R. Gregor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Avigdor Shinan |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827611447 |
The ancient Israelites believed things that the writers of the Bible wanted them to forget: myths and legends from a pre-biblical world that the new monotheist order needed to bury, hide, or reinterpret. Ancient Israel was rich in such literary traditions before the Bible reached the final form that we have today. These traditions were not lost but continued, passed down through the ages. Many managed to reach us in post-biblical sources: rabbinic literature, Jewish Hellenistic writings, the writings of the Dead Sea sect, the Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and other ancient translations of the Bible, and even outside the ancient Jewish world in Christian and Islamic texts. The Bible itself sometimes alludes to these traditions, often in surprising contexts. Written in clear and accessible language, this volume presents thirty such traditions. It voyages behind the veil of the written Bible to reconstruct what was told and retold among the ancient Israelites, even if it is “not what the Bible tells us.”
Author | : Johannes Lindblom |
Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
"Well known for his detailed studies of various aspects of the Old Testament prophecy, an eminent continental scholar here draws together the fruits of many years' work in an authoritative book on the prophetic movement as a whole. It is his thesis that prophecy is not an exclusively Israelite phenomenon but may be found in a variety of cultures and regions and at different stages of religious development. Even though such prophecy appears in widely varied manifestations, it is marked by certain characteristic psychological features" -- ‡c From publisher's description.
Author | : Harry M. Orlinsky |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801498497 |
This revised edition, published in 1960, brings up to date a book first published in 1954--a concisely organized, simply written account of the society that produced the Bible. As the author traces the fluctuating fortunes of the Hebrews and Israelites between about 2000 and 300 B.C.E., the reader can see how Jewish religious concepts developed in the context of actual historical situations.