The Hebrew Bible and history : critical readings /: critical readings. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lester L. Grabbe.
• Editors: Grabbe, Lester L
• Contents: ContentsOriginal PublicationIntroduction Principles for Writing History Contents of the VolumePart I: Studies in Methodology Introduction 1. Herbert Niehr: 'Some Aspects of Working with the Textual Sources' 2. Hans M. Barstad: 'The Strange Fear of the Bible: Some Reflections on the 'Bibliophobia' in Recent Ancient Israelite Historiography' 3. J. Maxwell Miller: 'Is it Possible to Write a History of Israel without Relying on the Hebrew Bible?' 4. Max Miller: 'Reading the Bible Historically: The Historian's Approach' 5. Nadav Na'aman: 'Does Archaeology Really Deserve the Status of a 'High Court' in Biblical Historical Research?' 6. Ehud Ben Zvi: 'Malleability and its Limits: Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah as a Case-Study' 7. Niels Peter Lemche: 'On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) History' 8. Thomas L. Thompson: 'Text, Context, and Referent in Israelite Historiography' 9. Lester L. Grabbe: 'The Big Max: Review of A Biblical History of Israel by Iain Provan, V. Philips Long, and Tremper Longman III' 10. Iain Provan, V. Philips Long, and Tremper Longman III: ''Who Is the Prophet Talking about, Himself or Someone Else?' (Acts 8.34): A Response to Lester Grabbe's Review of A Biblical History of Israel' Further Readings Part II: The Beginnings of Israel and the Rise of the Monarchy Introduction 11. John Van Seters: 'The Geography of the Exodus' 12. Ernst Axel Knauf: 'History in Joshua' 13. Ernst Axel Knauf: 'History in Judges' 14. Diana Edelman: 'Saul ben Kish in History and Tradition' 15. Lester L. Grabbe: 'The Mighty Men of Israel: 1-2 Samuel and History' 16. Nadav Na'aman: 'Sources and Composition in the History of David' 17. Walter Dietrich: 'David and the Philistines: Literature and History' 18. Ernst Axel Knauf, 'King Solomon's Copper Supply' 19. Hermann Michael Niemann: 'The Socio-Political Shadow Cast by the Biblical Solomon' 20. Ann E. Killebrew: 'Biblical Jerusalem: An Archaeological Assessment' 21. Rainer Albertz: 'Secondary Sources also Deserve to Be Historically Evaluated: The Case of the United Monarchy' Further Readings Part III: Case Study: The Question of the Reform under Josiah Introduction 22. Philip R. Davies: 'Josiah and the Law Book' 23. Rainer Albertz: 'Why a Reform like Josiah's Must Have Happened' 24. Christoph Uehlinger: 'Was There a Cult Reform under King Josiah? The Case for a Well-Grounded Minimum' Further Readings Part IV: Case Study: The Problem of Nehemiah's Wall Introduction 25. Israel Finkelstein: 'Geographical Lists in Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of Archaeology: Persian or Hellenistic?' 26. Oded Lipschits: 'Jerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of the City in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods' Further Readings Part V: Conclusions 27. Lester L. Grabbe: 'Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology: The Results' Further Readings Index.
• Publisher Details: London : T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (592 pages)
• Subjects: 221.95; Israel -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567672681; 0567672689
• Related ISBNs: 9780567672674
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