In search of 'ancient Israel' a study in Biblical origins Philip R. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Philip R., author.

Series:

T&T Clark Cornerstones

Cornerstones

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

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

Jews.

Palestine--History--To 70 A.D--Historiography.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The appearance of In Search of 'Ancient Israel' generated a still-raging controversy about the historical reality of what biblical scholars call 'Ancient Israel'. But its argument not only takes in the problematic relationship between Iron Age Palestinian archaeology and the biblical 'Israel' but also outlines the processes that created the literature of the Hebrew bible-the ideological matrix, the scribal milieu, and the cultural adoption of a national literary archive as religious scripture as part of the process of creating 'Judaisms'. As such, in this volume Philip R. Davies challenges the whole spectrum of scholarly consensus about the origins of 'Israel' and its scriptures, in a manner that is both learned and accessible. For this new edition Davies has provided a new extended introduction, in which he considers how the debate has raged since the book was first published, and in which he repositions this classic work within the present scholarly context."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The appearance of In Search of 'Ancient Israel' generated a still-raging controversy about the historical reality of what biblical scholars call 'Ancient Israel'. But its argument not only takes in the problematic relationship between Iron Age Palestinian archaeology and the biblical 'Israel' but also outlines the processes that created the literature of the Hebrew bible-the ideological matrix, the scribal milieu, and the cultural adoption of a national literary archive as religious scripture as part of the process of creating 'Judaisms'. As such, in this volume Philip R. Davies challenges the whole spectrum of scholarly consensus about the origins of 'Israel' and its scriptures, in a manner that is both learned and accessible. For this new edition Davies has provided a new extended introduction, in which he considers how the debate has raged since the book was first published, and in which he repositions this classic work within the present scholarly context

Contents:

Preface to Third Edition

Preface to Second Edition

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Reflective Introduction

Ch. 1 Preliminaries

Ch. 2 Searching for 'Ancient Israel'

Ch. 3 Defining the Biblical Israel

Ch. 4 A Search for Historical Israel

Ch. 5 The Social Context of the Biblical Israel

Ch. 6 Who Wrote the Biblical Literature, and Where?

Ch. 7 How was the Biblical Literature Written, and Why?

Ch. 8 From Literature to Scripture

Ch. 9 The Emergence of Israel

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index of References

Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9780567662996

0567662993

9780567663009

0567663000

9780567662989

0567662985

OCLC:

944224474