Niels Peter Lemche

Biblical Studies and the Failure of History (eBook, PDF)

Changing Perspectives 3

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The idea of the Old Testament as a source of historical information was replaced by an understanding of the texts as a means for early Jewish society to interpret its past. 'Biblical Studies and the Failure of History' brings together key essays which reflect the trajectory of this scholarly shift.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317544951
• Artikelnr.: 41687039

Autorenporträt

Niels Peter Lemche is Professor in the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 - The 'Hebrew slave': comments on the slave law, Exodus 21:2-11
2 - The manumission of slaves - the fallow year - the Sabbatical Year - the
Jubilee Year
3 - Andur¿rum and Miarum: comments on the problem of social edicts and
their application in the ancient Near East
4 - The Greek 'amphictyony': could it be a prototype for Israelite society
in the Period of the Judges?
5 - The chronology in the story of the Flood
6 - 'Hebrew' as a national name for Israel
7 - Rachel and Leah: on the survival of outdated paradigms in the study of
the origin of Israel
8 - The Old Testament: a Hellenistic book?
9 - Power and social organization: some misunderstandings and some
proposals, or is it all a question of patrons and clients?
10 - Is it still possible to write a history of ancient Israel?
11 - Is it still possible to speak about an 'Israelite religion'? From the
perspective of a historian
12 - Kings and clients: on loyalty between the ruler and the ruled in
ancient 'Israel'
13 - Justice in western Asia in antiquity, or why no laws were needed!
14 - From patronage society to patronage society
15 - Are we Europeans really good readers of biblical texts and
interpreters of biblical history?
16 - History writing in the ancient Near East and Greece
17 - Good and bad in history: the Greek connection
18 - On the problems of reconstructing pre-Hellenistic Israelite
(Palestinian) history
19 - How does one date an expression of mental history? The Old Testament
and Hellenism
20 - Chronology and archives: when does the history of Israel and Judah
begin?
21 - 'Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts', or 'We and
the rest of the world': the authors who 'wrote' the Old Testament
Index