History, Politics and the Bible from the Iron Age to the Media AgeJames G. Crossley, Jim West As biblical studies becomes increasingly fragmented, this collection of essays brings together a number of leading scholars in order to show how historical reconstruction, philology, metacriticism, and reception history can be part of a collective vision for the future of the field. This collection of essays focuses more specifically on critical questions surrounding the construction of ancient Israel(s), 'minimalism', the ongoing significance of lexicography, the development of early Judaism, orientalism, and the use of the Bible in contemporary political discourses. Contributors include John van Seters, Niels Peter Lemche, Ingrid Hjelm, and Philip R. Davies. |
Contents
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The Emergence of Israel Again | 19 |
A Plea for an Historical Anthropology of Ancient Palestine | 41 |
Mapping Palestine | 55 |
Historiography and Cultural Memory | 72 |
A Thought Experiment | 97 |
The Present Crisis in Biblical Scholarship | 105 |
The Perpetuation of Racial Assumptions in Biblical Studies | 116 |
The First Dictionary of the Ancient Hebrew Language | 135 |
The Bible and David Camerons Authority | 146 |
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