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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449790103321

Autore

Brettler Marc Zvi.

Titolo

The creation of history in Ancient Israel / / Marc Zvi Brettler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-282-37343-9

9786612373435

1-134-64985-1

0-203-45524-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

221.6/7

Soggetti

Jews - History - To 70 A.D - Historiography

Bible as literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: THE NEW BIBLICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY; DEFINING HISTORY, IDEOLOGY AND LITERATURE; CHRONICLES AS A MODEL FOR BIBLICAL HISTORY; THE TYPOLOGIES OF GENESIS; DEUTERONOMY AS INTERPRETATION; THE EHUD STORY AS SATIRE; IDEOLOGY IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL; TEXT IN A TEL: 2 KINGS 17 AS HISTORY; CONCLUSION: THE CREATION OF BIBLICAL HISTORY; Notes; Select bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of modern authors; Index of citations from the Hebrew bible

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that the biblical historians were influenced by typology, interpretation of earlier texts, satire and ideology; shows how, with this model, we can put together a history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a key source.