Wellhausen and Kaufmann : ancient Israel and its religious history in the works of Julius Wellhausen and Yehezkel Kaufmann / Aly Elrefaei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elrefaei, Aly, author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 490.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Volume 490

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wellhausen, Julius, 1844-1918.

Wellhausen, Julius.

Kaufmann, Yeḥezkel, 1889-1963.

Kaufmann, Yeḥezkel.

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

Jews.

Judaism--History--Ancient period.

Judaism.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The controversy between Wellhausen and Kaufmann concerning the history of ancient Israel and the question of historical reconstruction has prompted this study. While Wellhausen’s hypothesis introduces a synthesis of the religious development of ancient Israel, Kaufmann’s work emphasizes the singularity of the Israelite religion. Their respective works, which represent the methodologies, presuppositions and the ideologies of their times, remain an impetus to further inquiry into the history of ancient Israel and its religion. Both Wellhausen and Kaufmann applied the historical-critical method, but were divided as to its results. They agree that the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible is the primary source on which to base writing about the history of ancient Israel, but differ concerning the authority of its text. This book illustrates the real clash between Wellhausen and Kaufmann, with the aim of providing some basis for reaching a middle ground between these two poles. As becomes clear in this study, Wellhausen reconstructed the religion of Israel in the framework of its history. Kaufmann, by contrast, proposed that monotheism emerged in Israel as a new creation of the spirit of Israel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Biographical aspects

Chapter One: From Source and Literary Criticism to Historical Synthesis

Chapter Two: History of Israelite Religion

Chapter Three: Early History of Israel

Chapter Four: History of Israelite Religion: Literary Analysis

Chapter Five: Israelite Religion: Phenomenological Interpretation

Chapter Six: Early Israelite History in Canaan

Chapter Seven: Sources of Kaufmann’s Exegetic Approach

Chapter Eight: Moving between Wellhausen and Kaufmann

Chapter Nine: Early Israel: Priestly Ideal or Prophetic Theocracy?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Subject index

Index of names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 10, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110453300

3110453304

9783110454338

3110454335

OCLC:

940342372