Introduction

Twenty years have passed since Philip Davies published In Search of ‘Ancient Israel’ (1992), and it is time to take stock. To this aim, Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spano and Florian Lippke organised and chaired a session entitled “What have we learned from the Minimalists?” at the joint SBL / EABS conferenc...

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Authors: Guillaume, Philippe 1960- (Author) ; Lippke, Florian 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Herder 2022
In: Biblische Notizen
Year: 2022, Volume: 193, Pages: 3-4
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Introduction
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