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Secrets of the times : myth and history in biblical chronology / Jeremy Hughes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Jeremy.
- Series:
- The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies; 66
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 66
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel--History.
- Israel.
- Bible. Old Testament--Chronology.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield : JSOT Press, c1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is concerned primarily with the chronology of the Hebrew Bible in its various textual forms. The central thesis is that these chronologies are essentially schematic and may be seen as mythical expressions of a belief that human history is ordered according to a divine plan.
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Priestly chronology of the world; 3 The Deuteronomistic chronology of Israel; 4 The original chronology of the book of Kings; 5 The historical chronology of Israel and Judah; 6 From P to Ussher; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of ancient text references; Index of subjects; Index of modern authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-292> and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611842222
- 9781281842220
- 1281842222
- 9780567629302
- 0567629309
- OCLC:
- 651873728
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