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Author: George E. Mendenhall
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780664223137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRelying on archeological artifacts and anthropological study, George Mendenhall re-tells the story of Israel's history and faith. While careful not to move beyond the evidence, Mendenhall also provides an account of the theological dimensions of Israel's history.
Author: Hershel Shanks
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780205096435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Rereading my introduction to the revised edition, I seem to reflect the view that we now have a definitive history of ancient Israel that can be carved in stone, that will need no change. Of course that is not so. Our knowledge and insights continue to expand--and do so excitingly. New excavations are constantly producing new material--and the new finds need interpretation to be understood. Moreover, the broader fields of history, anthropology, sociology, to say nothing of new scientific techniques in the field of archaeology are continually bringing new light and sometimes new debates concerning the history of ancient Israel. So, in all candor, we can only present this as a tentative reconstruction of the history of ancient Israel. Yes, the main lines seem to have been fixed, but the nuances, the details, are constantly changing and broadening our understanding. At whatever level you are coming to this text, however, you are in for a treat. You are getting on a moving train that will continue over the years to open new vistas."--Introduction to the third edition, page xiv
Author: Patrick D. Miller
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780664221454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe historical and literary questions about ancient Israel that traditionally have preoccupied biblical scholars have often overlooked the social realities of life experienced by the vast majority of the population of ancient Israel. Volumes in the Library of Ancient Israel draw on multiple disciplines -- such as archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and literary criticism -- to illumine the everyday realities and social subtleties these ancient cultures experienced. This series employs sophisticated methods resulting in original contributions that depict the reality of the people behind the Hebrew Bible and interprets these scholarly insights for a wide variety of readers. Individually and collectively, these books will expand our vision of the culture and society of ancient Israel, thereby generating new appreciation for its impact up to the present.Patrick Miller investigates the role religion played in an expanding circle of influences in ancient Israel: the family, village, tribe, and nation-state. He situates Israel's religion in context where a variety of social forces affected beliefs, and where popular cults openly competed with the "official" religion. Miller makes extensive use of both epigraphic and artefactual evidence as he deftly probes the complexities of Iron Age culture and society and their enduring significance for people today.
Author: William J. Dumbrell
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2002-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 080102532X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive survey introduces students to the theological emphases of the entire Old Testament, from Genesis through Malachi.
Author: William G. Dever
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2008-07-23
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0802863949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis richly illustrated, non-technical reconstruction of "folk religion" in ancient Israel is based largely on recent archaeological evidence, but also incorporates biblical texts where possible.
Author: Yehezkel Kaufmann
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789657287026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark S. Smith
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this history of the development of monotheism, the author explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheism with Yahweh as sole god. Repudiating the traditional scholarly premise that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, he shows that the two cultures were fundamentally similar.
Author: Norman Karol Gottwald
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780664219772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Iain William Provan
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780664220907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for reconstructing Israel's history. In Part One, the authors set the volume in context and review past and current scholarly debate about learning Israel's history, negating arguments against using the Bible as the central source. In Part Two, they seek to retell the history itself with an eye to all the factors explored in Part One.
Author: James Maxwell Miller
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780664212629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
