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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808704703321

Titolo

Leading captivity captive : 'the exile' as history and ideology / / edited by Lester L. Grabbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998

ISBN

1-281-81428-8

9786611814281

0-567-49301-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 278

European seminar in historical methodology ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

GrabbeLester L

Disciplina

221.9/5

222.1206

Soggetti

Jews - History - Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C - Biblical teaching

Jews - History - Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C - Historiography

Jewish diaspora - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from the second meeting of the European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History in Lausanne, July 27-30, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: ARTICLES; Die Exilszeit als Ernstfall für eine historische Rekonstruktion ohne biblische Texte: Die neubabylonischen Königsinschriften als 'Primärquelle'; Ezra's Re-enactment of the Exile; Exile! What Exile? Deportation and the Discourses of Diaspora; 'The Exile' under the Theodolite: Historiography as Triangulation; The Exile in History and Myth: A Response to Hans Barstad; Part II: RESPONSES; The Strange Fear of the Bible: Some Reflections on the 'Bibliophobia' in Recent Ancient Israelite Historiography

Exile? What Exile? Whose Exile?Exile a Period-Exile a Myth; Part III: CONCLUSIONS; Reflections on the Discussion; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to modern ideology. The entity known as 'the Exile' has had an extremely forceful influence in Old



Testament scholarship, both as an event and as a symbol. But was there an 'Exile'? And if so, how did it fit into the pattern of population deportations that characterized the imperial strategies of the ancient Near East? In a major methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors to this symposium of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology cover a range of topics, from anc