Writing the history of Israel / Diane Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Diane, 1942-

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

Old Testament scholars--History.

Old Testament scholars.

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

Palestine.

Bible. Old Testament--Historiography.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : T. & T. Clark, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No biblical historian is included in the standard dictionaries of historians. Banks' study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in university departments of history. She argues that while the influence of the profession of writing history is apparent, there are countervailing forces as well. The presupposition that the Bible is a book of history conditions the outcome of historical research in biblical studies. Banks argues that Julius Wellhausen's history of Israel set in motion the general tendency to

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY; Chapter 3 JULIUS WELLHAUSEN AND THE PROLEGOMENA TO THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL; Chapter 4 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES TO WORLD WAR II; Chapter 5 BIBLICAL HISTORY AT MID-CENTURY: JOHN BRIGHT AND MARTIN NOTH; Chapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CONTROVERSY IN THE RECENT PAST; Chapter 7 WRITING ISRAEL'S HISTORY TODAY; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611803148

9781281803146

1281803146

9780567449542

0567449548

OCLC:

320325004