Biblical Studies and the Failure of History : Changing Perspectives 3.

Biblical Studies and the Failure of History : Changing Perspectives 3.

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lemche, Niels Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2014.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Historiography.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
Historiography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The ''Hebrew slave'': comments on the slave law, Exodus 21:2-11; 2. The manumission of slaves
  • the fallow year
  • the Sabbatical Year
  • the Jubilee Year; 3. Andurarum and Misarum: comments on the problem of social edicts and their application in the ancient Near East; 4. The Greek ''amphictyony'': could it be a prototype for Israelite society in the Period of the Judges?; 5. The chronology in the story of the Flood; 6. ''Hebrew'' as a national name for Israel.
  • 7. Rachel and Leah: on the survival of outdated paradigms in the study of the origin of Israel8. The Old Testament: a Hellenistic book?; 9. Power and social organization: some misunderstandings and some proposals, or is it all a question of patrons and clients?; 10. Is it still possible to write a history of ancient Israel?; 11. Is it still possible to speak about an ''Israelite religion''? From the perspective of a historian; 12. Kings and clients: on loyalty between the ruler and the ruled in ancient ''Israel''; 13. Justice in western Asia in antiquity, or why no laws were needed!
  • 14. From patronage society to patronage society15. Are we Europeans really good readers of biblical texts and interpreters of biblical history?; 16. History writing in the ancient Near East and Greece; 17. Good and bad in history: the Greek connection; 18. On the problems of reconstructing pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) history; 19. How does one date an expression of mental history? The Old Testament and Hellenism; 20. Chronology and archives: when does the history of Israel and Judah begin?
  • 21. ''Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts'', or ''We and the rest of the world'': the authors who ''wrote'' the Old TestamentIndex of biblical references; Index of authors.

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