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Israel constructs its history : Deuteronomistic historiography in recent research / edited by Albert de Pury, Thomas Romer & Jean-Daniel Macchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 306.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 306
- Standardized Title:
- Israel construit son histoire. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism).
- Jews--History--To 586 B.C--Historiography.
- Jews.
- Bible. Former Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 p.)
- Edition:
- English language ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The thesis that the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings have undergone a redaction that made them into a 'Deuteronomistic History' has become since Martin Noth (1943) a widely accepted idea in Old Testament scholarship. But there is no consensus when this history was edited: under Josiah (622 BCE), during the exile (c. 560 BCE) or even later? And what was the intention of its redactors? Can we rely on the so-called Deuteronomistic History for the reconstruction of Israelite history? Or should we give up the thesis of a Deuteronomic redaction of the Former Prophets? This volume explores these and m
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: INTRODUCTION; Part II: ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY; Part III: TEXTUAL CRITICISM AND LITERARY CRITICISM; Part IV: DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC METHODS; Part V: THE SOURCES OF DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY; Part VI: THE MILIEUS OF THE DEUTERONOMISTS; Part VII: DEUTERONOMISTIC IDEOLOGY AND THEOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611841584
- 9781281841582
- 1281841587
- 9780567224156
- 0567224155
- OCLC:
- 276368345
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