History, politics and the Bibel from the Iron age to the media age: essays in honour of Keith W. Whitelam
As biblical studies becomes increasingly fragmented, this collection of essays brings together a number of leading scholars in order to show how historical reconstruction, philology, metacriticism, and reception history can be part of a collective vision for the future of the field. This collection...
| Published in: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London Oxford New York New Dehlhi Sydney
Bloomsbury International Clark
[2017]
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| In: |
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (651)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies
651 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Israel (Antiquity)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Whitelam, Keith W. B Bible History of contemporary events B Festschrift |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Summary: | As biblical studies becomes increasingly fragmented, this collection of essays brings together a number of leading scholars in order to show how historical reconstruction, philology, metacriticism, and reception history can be part of a collective vision for the future of the field. This collection of essays focuses more specifically on critical questions surrounding the construction of ancient Israel(s), 'minimalism', the ongoing significance of lexicography, the development of early Judaism, orientalism, and the use of the Bible in contemporary political discourses Introduction: Keith Whitelam in context / James Crossley and Jim West -- Maximalist and/or minimalist approaches in recent representations of ancient Israelite and Judaean history / Ingrid Hjelm -- The emergence of Israel again / Robert B. Coote -- A plea for an historical anthropology of ancient Palestine / Emanuel Pfoh -- Mapping Palestine / Philip R. Davies -- A sectarian group called Israel : historiography and cultural memory / Niels Peter Lemche -- The history of Israel-without the Bible : a thought experiment / Jim West -- The present crisis in biblical scholarship / John Van Seters -- The perpetuation of racial assumptions in biblical studies / Deane Galbraith -- Made in Sheffield : the first dictionary of the ancient Hebrew language / David J.A. Clines -- God and the state : the Bible and David Cameron's authority / James Crossley |
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| ISBN: | 0567670597 |