Remembering Abraham : culture, memory, and history in the Hebrew Bible / Ronald S. Hendel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendel, Ronald S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Historiography.

Bible.

Ethnicity in the Bible.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Hebrew Bible is a vast compendium of writings, spanning a thousand year period from roughly the 12th to the second century BCE, and representing perhaps a small slice of the writings of that period. This title represents the mature thought of one of our leading scholars of the Hebrew Bible.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Israel Among the Nations: Biblical Culture in the Ancient Near East; 2. Remembering Abraham; 3. Historical Memories in the Patriarchal Narratives; 4. The Exodus in Biblical Memory; 5. The Archaeology of Memory: Solomon, History, and Biblical Representation; 6. The Biblical Sense of the Past; Appendix: Linguistic Notes on the Age of Biblical Literature; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Citations; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-187) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029229-6

1-281-19709-2

0-19-803959-X

9786611197094

1-4237-5650-9

OCLC:

64584047