02818nam 2200601Ia 450 991045393260332120200520144314.01-281-84188-997866118418810-567-56425-8(CKB)1000000000542305(EBL)437008(OCoLC)276839926(SSID)ssj0000216401(PQKBManifestationID)12029235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216401(PQKBWorkID)10198250(PQKB)10083596(MiAaPQ)EBC437008(Au-PeEL)EBL437008(CaPaEBR)ebr10250841(CaONFJC)MIL184188(OCoLC)893334542(EXLCZ)99100000000054230520020520d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origin of the history of Israel[electronic resource] Herodotus's Histories as the blueprint for the first books of the Bible /Jan-Wim WesseliusLondon Sheffield Academic Pressc20021 online resource (193 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;345Description based upon print version of record.1-84127-267-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-167) and indexes.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 AuthorsThis 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 histJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;345.Bible as literatureElectronic books.Bible as literature.221.67222.066Wesselius J. W(Jan Wim)970735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453932603321The origin of the history of Israel2206432UNINA