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The Biography of Ancient Israel

Author : Ilana Pardes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520929721
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Biography of Ancient Israel written by Ilana Pardes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-04-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions. Pardes calls for a consideration of the Bible's penetrating renditions of national ambivalence. She reads the rebellious conduct of the nation against the grain, probing the murmurings of the people, foregrounding their critique of the official line. The Bible does not provide a homogeneous account of nation formation, according to Pardes, but rather reveals points of tension between different perceptions of the nation's history and destiny. This fresh and beautifully rendered portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis.

Families in Ancient Israel

Author : Leo G. Perdue
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664255671
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Families in Ancient Israel written by Leo G. Perdue and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.

The Archaeology of Ancient Israel

Author : Amnon Ben-Tor
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300059199
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Ancient Israel written by Amnon Ben-Tor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illustrated book, some of Israel's foremost archaeologists present a survey of early life in the land of the Bible, from the Neolithic era (eighth millenium BC) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC. Each chapter covers a particular era and includes a bibliography.

How the Bible Became a Book

Author : William M. Schniedewind
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521829461
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis How the Bible Became a Book by : William M. Schniedewind

Download or read book How the Bible Became a Book written by William M. Schniedewind and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two hundred years biblical scholars have increasingly assumed that the Hebrew Bible was largely written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. As a result, the written Bible has dwelled in an historical vacuum. Recent archaeological evidence and insights from linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of the late-Iron Age as the formative period for the writing of biblical literature. How the Bible Became a Book combines these recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible first came to be written down and then became sacred Scripture. This book provides rich insight into why these texts came to have authority as Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature, challenging the assertion that widespread literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century BCE.

The Biography of Ancient Israel

Author : Ilana Pardes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520211103
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Biography of Ancient Israel written by Ilana Pardes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions." "This portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis."--BOOK JACKET.

The Invention of Ancient Israel

Author : Keith W. Whitelam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131779916X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Ancient Israel written by Keith W. Whitelam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the true history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam shows how ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state, influenced by the realisation of the state of Israel in 1948. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'. This study concentrates on two crucial periods from the end of the late Bronze Age to the Iron Age, a so-called period of the emergence of ancient Israel and the rise of an Israelite state under David. It explores the prospects for developing the study of Palestinian history as a subject in its own right, divorced from the history of the Bible, and argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this area, have contributed to dispossession both of a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This contoversial book is important reading for historians, Biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine.

Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Harrassowitz
ISBN 13 : 9783447113632
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel and Near Eastern Cultures written by Isaac Kalimi and published by Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the papers collected in this volume were delivered at the conference held in June 2018, Mainz. They discuss recent developments in the analysis of history and historiography in ancient Israel and its surrounding cultures. The scholars compare the compositional and editorial approaches evident in biblical and post-biblical writings with those shown in other ancient literature, while concentrating on a specific theme. 0Professor Dr. Isaac Kalimi is the worldwide leading biblical scholar, historian and Judaist. He has published numerous books and articles in English, German, Hebrew and Polish.

A History of Ancient Israel and Judah

Author : James Maxwell Miller
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664212629
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book A History of Ancient Israel and Judah written by James Maxwell Miller and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A significant achievement, this book moves our understanding of the history of Israel forward as dramatically as John Bright's A History of Israel, Martin Noth's History of Israel, and William F. Albright's From the Stone Age ot Cristianity did at an earlier period.

The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel

Author : William G. Dever
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867014
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel by : William G. Dever

Download or read book The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel written by William G. Dever and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book William Dever addresses the question that must guide every good historian of ancient Israel: What was life really like in those days? Writing as an expert archaeologist who is also a secular humanist, Dever relies on archaeological data, over and above the Hebrew Bible, for primary source material. He focuses on the lives of ordinary people in the eighth century B.C.E. - not kings, priests, or prophets - people who left behind rich troves of archaeological information but who are practically invisible in "typical" histories of ancient Israel."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

The Roads and Highways of Ancient Israel

Author : David A. Dorsey
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725240475
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book The Roads and Highways of Ancient Israel written by David A. Dorsey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on literary and archaeological evidence, David A. Dorsey examines the road system in Israel during the Iron Age (ca. 1200-586 B.C.). He offers a comprehensive investigation of the nature and physical characteristics of roads in ancient Israel and reconstructs Israel's road network as it existed during the Old Testament period.

Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567032167
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah by : Francesca Stavrakopoulou

Download or read book Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah written by Francesca Stavrakopoulou and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays draws together specialists in the field to explain, illustrate and analyze this religious diversity in Ancient Israel.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Ancient Israel

Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470656778
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Ancient Israel written by Susan Niditch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion to Ancient Israel offers an innovative overview of ancient Israelite culture and history, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields. Distinguished scholars provide original contributions that explore the tradition in all its complexity, multiplicity and diversity. A methodologically sophisticated overview of ancient Israelite culture that provides insights into political and social history, culture, and methodology Explores what we can say about the cultures and history of the people of Israel and Judah, but also investigates how we know what we know Presents fresh insights, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields Delves into ‘religion as lived,’ an approach that asks about the everyday lives of ordinary people and the material cultures that they construct and experience Each essay is an original contribution to the subject

Ancient Israel

Author : Hershel Shanks
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780130853639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Israel written by Hershel Shanks and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complete history of ancient Israel--from Abraham to the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Provides numerous color and black-and-white photos, maps, charts, and timelines. Adds and updates evidence, analysis, and insights of events, based on developments since the book's first edition. --From publisher's description.

Did God Have a Wife?

Author : William G. Dever
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863949
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Did God Have a Wife? by : William G. Dever

Download or read book Did God Have a Wife? written by William G. Dever and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated, non-technical reconstruction of "folk religion" in ancient Israel is based largely on recent archaeological evidence, but also incorporates biblical texts where possible.

Exploring the Evolving View of God

Author : John M. Perry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781580510677
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Exploring the Evolving View of God by : John M. Perry

Download or read book Exploring the Evolving View of God written by John M. Perry and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the Evolving View of God outlines cultural and historical limitations that continue to shape our language and ideas about God. It relates abstract thinking about God to the concrete history of ancient Israel and draws parallels between Israel's history and the New Testament confession of Jesus as Messiah.

Jerusalem Besieged

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472025376
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Jerusalem Besieged written by Eric H. Cline and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jerusalem Besieged is a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, and Israeli fights for possession of such a symbolic prize in a manner that is both scholarly and engaging." -Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University; author of The Other Greeks and Carnage and Culture "A beautifully lucid presentation of four thousand years of history in a single volume. Cline writes primarily as an archaeologist-avoiding polemic and offering evidence for any religious claims-yet he has also incorporated much journalistic material into this study. Jerusalem Besieged will enlighten anyone interested in the history of military conflict in and around Jerusalem." -Col. Rose Mary Sheldon, Virginia Military Institute "This groundbreaking study offers a fascinating synthesis of Jerusalem's military history from its first occupation into the modern era. Cline amply deploys primary source material to investigate assaults on Jerusalem of every sort, starting at the dawn of recorded history. Jerusalem Besieged is invaluable for framing the contemporary situation in the Middle East in the context of a very long and pertinent history." -Baruch Halpern, Pennsylvania State University A sweeping history of four thousand years of struggle for control of one city "[An] absorbing account of archaeological history, from the ancient Israelites' first conquest to today's second intifada. Cline clearly lays out the fascinating history behind the conflicts." -USA Today "A pleasure to read, this work makes this important but complicated subject fascinating." -Jewish Book World "Jerusalem Besieged is a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of Jewish, Roman, Moslem, Crusader, Ottoman, Western, Arab, and Israeli fights for possession of such a symbolic prize in a manner that is both scholarly and engaging." -Victor Davis Hanson, Stanford University; author of The Other Greeks and Carnage and Culture

The History of Ancient Israel

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780222777
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The History of Ancient Israel written by Michael Grant and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitve guide to the history of ancient Israel. The History of Ancient Israel covers the epic story of Jewish civilisation from its beginnings to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the Temple in AD 70. It deals with Israel's relations with the great empires which shaped its development and with the changing internal structure of the Jewish state, drawing both on excavation and the Hebrew Bible.