LEADER 02758nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910824997103321 005 20230607222204.0 010 $a1-281-84188-9 010 $a9786611841881 010 $a0-567-56425-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542305 035 $a(EBL)437008 035 $a(OCoLC)276839926 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12029235 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198250 035 $a(PQKB)10083596 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC437008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL437008 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250841 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL184188 035 $a(OCoLC)893334542 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542305 100 $a20020520d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe origin of the history of Israel $eHerodotus's Histories as the blueprint for the first books of the Bible /$fJan-Wim Wesselius 210 $aLondon $cSheffield Academic Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v345 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84127-267-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [164]-167) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis book demonstrates that Primary History, the historical work contained in the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis-2 Kings), was written as one unitary work, in deliberate emulation of the Greek-language Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus (completed c. 440 BCE); the diversity of its books and sections is largely a literary device. The work was most likely written in the period 440-420 BCE, in the period of reform usually associated with the name of Nehemiah. Though this thesis does not directly affect questions of historicity, understanding the literary nature of primary hist 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v345. 606 $aBible as literature 615 0$aBible as literature. 676 $a221.67 676 $a222.066 700 $aWesselius$b J. W$g(Jan Wim)$01612749 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824997103321 996 $aThe origin of the history of Israel$93941710 997 $aUNINA