Research Catalog

Title

The Hebrew Bible and history : critical readings / edited by Lester L. Grabbe.

Publication

• London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Grabbe, Lester L.

Description

xxi, 564 pages; 26 cm.

Summary

"These critical readings explore the history of ancient Israel, from the Late Bronze Age to the Persian period, as it relates to the Bible. Selected by one of the world's leading scholars of biblical history, the texts are drawn from a range of highly respected international scholars, and from a variety of historical and religious perspectives, presenting the key voices of the debate in one convenient volume. Divided into five sections - each featuring an introduction by Lester Grabbe - the volume first covers general methodological principles, before following the chronology of Israel's earliest history; including two sections on specific cases studies (the reforms of Josiah and the wall of Nehemiah). A final chapter summarizes many of the historical principles that emerge in the course of studying Israelite history, and an annotated bibliography points researchers towards further readings and engagements with these key themes"--back cover.

Series Statement

T & T Clark critical readings in biblical studies

Subject

• Bible. > History of Biblical events
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible
• To 70
• Jews > History > To 70 A.D
• History of Biblical events
• Jews

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Some aspects of working with the textual sources / Herbert Niehr -- The strange fear of the Bible: some reflections on the 'bibliophobia' in recent ancient Israelite historiography / Hans M. Barstad -- Is it possible to write a history of Israel without relying on the Hebrew Bible / J. Maxwell Miller -- Reading the Bible historically: the historian's approach / J. Maxwell Miler -- Does archaeology really deserve the status of a 'high court' in biblical historical research? / Nadav Na'aman -- Malleability and its limits: Sennacherib's campaign against Judah as a case-study / Ehud Ben Zvi -- On the problems of reconstructing pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) history / Niels Peter Lemche -- Text, context, and referent in Israelite historiography / Thomas L. Thompson -- The big max: review of A Biblical History of Israel, by Iain Provan, V. Philips Long, and Tremper Longman, III / Lester L. Grabbe -- "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 / Iain Provan, V. Philips Long, Tremper Longman, III -- The geography of the Exodus / John Van Seters -- History in Joshua / Ernst Axel Knauf -- History in Judges / Ernst Axel Knauf -- Saul ben Kish in history and tradition / Diana Edelman -- The mighty men of Israel: 1-2 Samuel and historicity / Lester L. Grabbe -- Sources and composition in the history of David / Nadav Na'aman -- David and the Philistines : literature and history -- King Solomon's copper supply / Ernst Axel Knauf -- The socio-political shadow cast by the biblical Solomon / Hermann Michael Niemann -- Biblical Jerusalem: an archaeological assessment / Anne E. Killebrew -- Secondary sources also deserve to be historically evaluated: the case of the united monarchy / Rainer Albertz -- Josiah and the law book / Philip R. Davies -- Why a reform like Josiah's must have happened / Rainer Albertz -- Was there a cult reform under King Josiah? The case for the well-grounded minimum / Christoph Uehlinger -- Geographical lists in Ezra and Nehemiah in the light of archaeology : Persian or Hellenistic? / Israel Finkelstein -- Jerusalem between two periods of greatness: the size and status of the city in the Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods / Oded Lipschits -- Seventeen years of the European seminar in historical methodology : the results / Lester L. Grabbe.

Call Number

JFF 19-2600

ISBN

• 9780567672674
• 0567672670
• 9780567672681
• 0567672689

LCCN

2018009756

OCLC

1042823964

Title

The Hebrew Bible and history : critical readings / edited by Lester L. Grabbe.

Publisher

London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

T & T Clark critical readings in biblical studies

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Note

ED: UNIVERSITY OF HULL. PREV. PUB. ESSAYS IN 5 SECTIONS. EACH SECTION W/INTRO. BY EDITOR.

Chronological Term

To 70

Added Author

Grabbe, Lester L., editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Hebrew Bible and history. 1 [edition]. New York : T & T Clark-Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 9780567672681 (DLC) 2018031009

Research Call Number

JFF 19-2600