Memories of ancient Israel: an introduction to biblical history - ancient and modern / Philip R. Davies

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.Description: ix, 182 pages: 22 cmISBN:
  • 97806642332887
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1197 D25 2008
Contents:
1. Bible, History and 'Biblical History' -- PART ONE: RESOURCES -- 2. Bible I: Chronology, Facts and Causality -- 3. Bible II: Israel -- 4. Archaeology: Use and Abuse -- 5. Epigraphic Sources -- PART TWO: STRATEGIES -- 6. Cultural Memory -- 7. Knowledge, Judgment, Belief -- 8. A Tale of Two Histories -- PART THREE: REFLECTIONS -- 9. History, Memory and Theology
Abstract: Recent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient Israel and Judah. This text is an incisive critique of and alternative proposal to these approaches to biblical history.
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1. Bible, History and 'Biblical History' -- PART ONE: RESOURCES -- 2. Bible I: Chronology, Facts and Causality -- 3. Bible II: Israel -- 4. Archaeology: Use and Abuse -- 5. Epigraphic Sources -- PART TWO: STRATEGIES -- 6. Cultural Memory -- 7. Knowledge, Judgment, Belief -- 8. A Tale of Two Histories -- PART THREE: REFLECTIONS -- 9. History, Memory and Theology

Recent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient Israel and Judah. This text is an incisive critique of and alternative proposal to these approaches to biblical history.

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