The origin of the history of Israel [[electronic resource] ] : Herodotus's Histories as the blueprint for the first books of the Bible / / Jan-Wim Wesselius

• Autore: Wesselius J. W (Jan Wim)
• Pubblicazione: London, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 221.67; 222.066
• Soggetto topico: Bible as literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-167) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The origin of the history of Israel
• ISBN: 1-281-84188-9; 9786611841881; 0-567-56425-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782253803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 345.