The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander's Conquest
Author: Gösta Werner Ahlström
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 1032
ISBN-13:
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Revealing the History of Ancient Palestine
Author: Keith W. Whitelam
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-07-06
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1351260383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is part of the Changing Perspectives sub-series, which is constituted by anthologies of articles by world-renowned biblical scholars and historians that have made an impact on the field and changed its course during the last decades. This volume offers a collection of seminal essays by Keith Whitelam on the early history of ancient Palestine and the origins and emergence of Israel. Collected together in one volume for the first time, and featuring one unpublished article, this volume will be of interest to biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholars interested in the politics of historical representation but also on critical ways of constructing the history of ancient Palestine.
The Invention of Ancient Israel
Author: Keith W. Whitelam
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 131779916X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the realisation of the state of Israel in 1948. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'. This study concentrates on two crucial periods from the end of the late Bronze Age to the Iron Age, a so-called period of the emergence of ancient Israel and the rise of an Israelite state under David. It explores the prospects for developing the study of Palestinian history as a subject in its own right, divorced from the history of the Bible, and argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this area, have contributed to dispossession both of a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This contoversial book is important reading for historians, Biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine.
The Origins of the Ancient Israelite States
Author: Volkmar Fritz
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1850757984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Author: T DESMOND ALEXANDER
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Published: 2020-05-21
Total Pages: 1521
ISBN-13: 1789740282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, it informs and challenges its readers with authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.
The Face of Old Testament Studies
Author: David W. Baker
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2004-10
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 080102871X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeading scholars provide an overview of current issues in Old Testament studies.
Perspectives in the Study of the Old Testament and Early Judaism
Author: Ed Noort
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-09-03
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9004275983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains the papers presented to a symposium organized by the Theological Faculty of the University of Groningen on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of Adam S. van der Woude, former Professor of Old Testament and Early Judaism and former head of the Qumran Institute at the same Faculty. The essays, eight in English and four in German, explore (through case studies) the developments over the last few years in the different areas of study of the Old Testament and of Early Judaism, observe the new perspectives opened in these areas and map the directions in which the research will be moving in the third millennium. The volume also includes a German version of the public lecture on the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for the Study of Old Testament and of Early Judaism delivered in Dutch by Van der Woude during the symposium.
Sennacherib and the War of 1812
Author: Paul S. Evans
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2023-01-26
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0567708977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume investigates the question of how both Assyria and Judah could remember the war of 701 BCE as their respective victory. Whilst surveying available evidences for historical reconstructions, Paul S. Evans compares the Sennacherib's Third Campaign with the War of 1812 between Canada and the USA as an example of disputed victory from military history. Evans examines Assyrian and biblical texts to evaluate the conflict and argues that rather than being intentionally deceptive in their accounts of the events, both sides had reasons to perceive the war as a victory. This examination of military narratives also illustrates how the fluctuating support for wartime leaders in 1812 is analogous to positive and negative oracles regarding Jerusalem's leadership during the war years. With differing opinions regarding the success of the Sennacherib's Third Campaign, this book presents an interesting discussion of the events and demonstrates how our understanding of the war between Assyria and Judah can be illuminated by military history.
Ethnicity and the Bible
Author: Mark Brett
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-09-06
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9004493549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContemporary social theory has been much concerned with the re-assertion of ethnic identities in both Western and non-Western politics. This international collection of twenty-one essays contributes to the wider conversation by examining the construction and contestation of ethnic identities both within the Bible itself and in biblical interpretation. An introductory essay brings into focus the main themes of the book - ethnocentrism, indigenity, concepts of culture and the politics of identity - and highlights the ethical issues arising. Part One explores selected texts from the Hebrew Bible and from the New Testament, making use of methodological perspectives drawn from a range of disciplines. Part Two, Culture and Interpretation, looks at examples of how ethnicity figures both in the popular use of the Bible and in professional biblical interpretation. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Prophets, Priests, and Promises
Author: Gary N. Knoppers
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-05-03
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9004444890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents collected essays of Gary N. Knoppers (1956–2018) on the historical books of the Hebrew Bible, among them seven thoroughly revised and eight newly published ones. An introduction by H.G.M. Williamson acknowledges their significance for Knoppers’ oeuvre.
