02981nam 2200613Ia 450 991081666790332120230829000158.01-281-80314-697866118031480-567-44954-8(CKB)1000000000542387(EBL)436781(OCoLC)320325004(SSID)ssj0000275379(PQKBManifestationID)11194463(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275379(PQKBWorkID)10344638(PQKB)10559482(MiAaPQ)EBC436781(Au-PeEL)EBL436781(CaPaEBR)ebr10250674(CaONFJC)MIL180314(OCoLC)893334338(EXLCZ)99100000000054238720060306d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting the history of Israel[electronic resource] /Diane BanksNew York ;London T. & T. Clarkc20061 online resource (263 p.)Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;438Description based upon print version of record.0-567-02662-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY; Chapter 3 JULIUS WELLHAUSEN AND THE PROLEGOMENA TO THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL; Chapter 4 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES TO WORLD WAR II; Chapter 5 BIBLICAL HISTORY AT MID-CENTURY: JOHN BRIGHT AND MARTIN NOTH; Chapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CONTROVERSY IN THE RECENT PAST; Chapter 7 WRITING ISRAEL'S HISTORY TODAY; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of AuthorsNo biblical historian is included in the standard dictionaries of historians. Banks' study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in university departments of history. She argues that while the influence of the profession of writing history is apparent, there are countervailing forces as well. The presupposition that the Bible is a book of history conditions the outcome of historical research in biblical studies. Banks argues that Julius Wellhausen's history of Israel set in motion the general tendency toLibrary of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;438.JewsHistoryTo 70 A.DHistoriographyOld Testament scholarsHistoryPalestineHistoryTo 70 A.DHistoriographyJewsHistoryHistoriography.Old Testament scholarsHistory.221.9/50072022Banks Diane1942-1611655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816667903321Writing the history of Israel3940007UNINA