History and the Hebrew Bible: Studies in Ancient Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Historiography. By Hans M. Barstad
The book’s seven chapters contain seven essays, of which some are new contributions, and others fresh and updated editions of previously published articles. The first two provide a sure-footed guide through the apparently ever growing ‘post-modernist’ writings challenging the very thought of writing...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 703-705 |
| Review of: | History and the Hebrew Bible (Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2008) (Nicholson, Ernest)
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| Summary: | The book’s seven chapters contain seven essays, of which some are new contributions, and others fresh and updated editions of previously published articles. The first two provide a sure-footed guide through the apparently ever growing ‘post-modernist’ writings challenging the very thought of writing any history, in the objective sense usually intended by the word (especially ch. 1: ‘History and the Hebrew Bible’, and ch 2: ‘Issues in the Narrative Truth Debate’). These are followed by judicious critiques of some recent and radical assessments, for example Niels Peter Lemche’s claim that we know very little of Israelite/Jewish history or ‘historiography’ before the Hellenistic period (ch. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flq051 |