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In search of 'ancient Israel' : a study in biblical origins / Philip R. Davies.
Van Pelt Library BS1171.2 .D38 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Philip R., author.
- Series:
- Cornerstones
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Palestine--History--To 70 A.D--Historiography.
- Palestine.
- Jews--History--To 70 A.D--Historiography.
- Jews.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 164 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Second editon.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1 Preliminaries 1
- 2 Searching for 'Ancient Israel' 11
- 3 Defining the Biblical Israel 37
- 4 A Search for Historical Israel 47
- 5 The Social Context of the Biblical Israel 63
- 6 Who Wrote the Biblical Literature, and Where? 81
- 7 How was the Biblical Literature Written, and Why? 99
- 8 From Literature to Scripture 121
- 9 The Emergence of Israel 143.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and indexes.
- First published 1992, Sheffield Academic Press, Republished 2006, Continuum.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780567662972
- 0567662977
- OCLC:
- 908085205
- Publisher Number:
- 99964557749
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