Between evidence and ideology [electronic resource] : essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lincoln, July 2009 / edited by Bob Becking & Lester L. Grabbe.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en België, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Becking, Bob.

Grabbe, Lester L.

Conference Name:

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgi (14th : 2009 : Lincoln, England)

Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap in Nederland en Belgièe

Series:

Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 59.

Oudtestamentische studien = Old Testament studies, 0169-7226 ; v. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D--Congresses.

Judaism.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Historiography--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The historiography of Ancient Israel is much debated. The various approaches are never void of ideology and some reckon more with the available evidence than others. This volume consists of a set of case-studies that reveal the difficulties that arise when trying to write a history as honestly as possible. This implies that both the archaeology of Ancient Palestine - the finds and their interrogation - as well as the Philosophy of History - their models and their implications - are discussed. The outcome is a variety of approaches that inform the reader of current views on the history of Ancient Israel.

Contents:

David between ideology and evidence / Bob Becking

Mercator in the wilderness : Numbers 33 / John R. Bartlett

Origins of Israel between history and ideology / Meindert Dijkstra

The case of the corrupting consensus / Lester L. Grabbe

Hasidisms and their militant ideologies : 1 and 2 Maccabees, Psalms 144 and 149 / Harm van Grol

The Old Testament as a diachronic corpus / Marinus Koster

Pharaoh Shishak's invasion of Palestine and the Exodus from Egypt / Andrew Mayes

The Greek Esthers and the search for history : some preliminary observations / Jill Middlemass

Does archaeology really deserve the status of a 'high court' in biblical historical research? / Nadav Na'aman

Prophecy and history in the book of Judges / Klaas Spronk

Resisting the past : ancient Israel in Western memory / Keith W. Whitelam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-11972-2

9786613119728

90-04-20322-2

OCLC:

728673053

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004187375.i-234 DOI