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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786611903321

Autore

Crouch Carly L (Carly Lorraine), <1982->

Titolo

The making of Israel / / by C.L. Crouch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27469-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, , 0083-5889 ; ; Volume 162

Disciplina

933/.02

Soggetti

Jews - History - 1200-953 B.C

Jews - Palestine - Identity - History

Ethnology in the Bible

Ethnology - Palestine

Sociology, Biblical

Palestine Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic and post-exilic periods as well as scholarship which limits pre-exilic identity concerns to Josianic nationalism. The argument analyses the archaeological material from the southern Levant during Iron Age II, then draws on anthropological research to argue for an ethnic response to the economic, political and cultural change of this period. The volume concludes with an investigation into identity issues in Deuteronomy, highlighting centralisation and exclusive Yahwism as part of the deuteronomic formulation of Israelite ethnic identity--Supplied by publisher.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 The History and Archaeology of the Southern Levant during the Long Seventh Century -- 2 Identity Formation as an Anthropological Phenomenon -- 3 Deuteronomy as Identity Formation Project -- Conclusions: Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy -- Cited Works -- Indices -- Author Index -- Biblical Index -- Subject Index.



Sommario/riassunto

In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic and post-exilic periods as well as scholarship which limits pre-exilic identity concerns to Josianic nationalism. The argument analyses the archaeological material from the southern Levant during Iron Age II, then draws on anthropological research to argue for an ethnic response to the economic, political and cultural change of this period. The volume concludes with an investigation into identity issues in Deuteronomy, highlighting centralisation and exclusive Yahwism as part of the deuteronomic formulation of Israelite ethnic identity.