The archaeology of ancient Israelite knowledge / Robert S. Kawashima.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kawashima, Robert S., author.

Series:

Biblical Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

Jews--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge reconstructs in carefully researched detail the worldview of the ancient Israelites writers responsible for the Hebrew Bible. What was the role of God in their lives? How did they see the relationship between God, nature, and themselves? Contrary to prevailing scholarly understanding, Robert Kawashima argues that the ancient Israelites saw God in a radically different way than the peoples around them. God no longer interconnected everything--humans, nature--but became seen as sharply separated from nature." -- ǂc Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction : the twilight of myth

The early history of "God" : an archaeology of the sacred

The house of God : founding sacred space

The discovery of the self in Israelite literature

Alienation and the tragic adventure of biblical history

From autochthon to alien : territoriality in the Bible

Conclusion : the dawn of apocalypticism.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kawashima, Robert S. The Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge

ISBN:

9780253062130