Writing the history of Israel [[electronic resource] /] / Diane Banks

• Autore: Banks Diane <1942->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : T. & T. Clark, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.9/50072022
• Soggetto topico: Jews - History - To 70 A.D - Historiography; Old Testament scholars - History
• Soggetto geografico: Palestine History To 70 A.D Historiography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: No 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 to
• Titolo autorizzato: Writing the history of Israel
• ISBN: 1-281-80314-6; 9786611803148; 0-567-44954-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816667903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 438.