The creation of history in Ancient Israel / Marc Zvi Brettler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brettler, Marc Zvi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Historiography.

Bible.

Jews--History--To 70 A.D--Historiography.

Jews.

Bible as literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that the biblical historians were influenced by typology, interpretation of earlier texts, satire and ideology; shows how, with this model, we can put together a history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a key source.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: THE NEW BIBLICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY; DEFINING HISTORY, IDEOLOGY AND LITERATURE; CHRONICLES AS A MODEL FOR BIBLICAL HISTORY; THE TYPOLOGIES OF GENESIS; DEUTERONOMY AS INTERPRETATION; THE EHUD STORY AS SATIRE; IDEOLOGY IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL; TEXT IN A TEL: 2 KINGS 17 AS HISTORY; CONCLUSION: THE CREATION OF BIBLICAL HISTORY; Notes; Select bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of modern authors; Index of citations from the Hebrew bible

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-64984-3

1-282-37343-9

9786612373435

1-134-64985-1

0-203-45524-X

9780203455241

OCLC:

62722455