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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782253803321

Autore

Wesselius J. W (Jan Wim)

Titolo

The origin of the history of Israel [[electronic resource] ] : Herodotus's Histories as the blueprint for the first books of the Bible / / Jan-Wim Wesselius

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002

ISBN

1-281-84188-9

9786611841881

0-567-56425-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 345

Disciplina

221.67

222.066

Soggetti

Bible as literature

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. [164]-167) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 TWO GREAT HISTORICAL WORKS; Chapter 2 A REMARKABLE PROCEDURE; Chapter 3 CONSEQUENCES FOR THE STUDY OF PRIMARY HISTORY; Chapter 4 CONSEQUENCES FOR THE STUDY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE; CONCLUSION: THE AUTHOR's ACHIEVEMENT; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book demonstrates that Primary History, the historical work contained in the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis-2 Kings), was written as one unitary work, in deliberate emulation of the Greek-language Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus (completed c. 440 BCE); the diversity of its books and sections is largely a literary device. The work was most likely written in the period 440-420 BCE, in the period of reform usually associated with the name of Nehemiah. Though this thesis does not directly affect questions of historicity, understanding the literary nature of primary hist