The religions of ancient Israel: a synthesis of parallactic approaches

This is the most far-reaching interdisciplinary investigation into the religion of ancient Israel ever attempted. The author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data and epigraphy to determine what is known about the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). The ev...

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Main Author: Zevit, Ziony 1942- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Hebrew
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Published: London [u.a.] Continuum 2001
In:Year: 2001
Reviews:, in: JBL 125 (2006) 410-416 (Burnett, Joel)
, in: RBLit (2006)* (2006)* (Boda, Mark)
, in: TrinJ 29 (2008) 319-320 (Young, Theron R.)
, in: OLZ 103 (2008) 722-728 (Mathias, Dietmar)
, in: JThS 59 (2008) 224-226 (Auld, Graeme)
, in: PJBR 7 (2008) 82-83 (Marciak, M.)
[Rezension von: Zevit, Ziony, The Religions of Ancient Israel: A Synthesis of Parallactic Approaches] (2006) (Burnett, Joel S., 1968 -)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel (Antiquity) / Religion / History
B Israel (Antiquity) / Religion
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Sciance
B Literature
B Bible. Old Testament Theology
B Social history studies
B Jewish shrines (Palestine)
B Idea of God
B Judaism History To 70 A.D
B Archaeology
B Palestine Religion
B Name of God
B Enemy
B Israel Religion History
B Cultic site
B Cult
B Palestine Antiquities
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Summary:This is the most far-reaching interdisciplinary investigation into the religion of ancient Israel ever attempted. The author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data and epigraphy to determine what is known about the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). The evidence is synthesized within the structure of an Israelite worldview and ethos involving kin, tribes, land, traditional ways and places of worship, and a national deity. Professor Zevit has originated this interpretive matrix through insights, ideas, and models developed in the academic study of religion and history within the context of the humanities. He is strikingly original, for instance, in his contention that much of the Psalter was composed in praise of deities other than Yahweh. Through his book, the author has set a precedent which should encourage dialogue and cooperative study between all ancient historians and archaeologists, but particularly between Iron Age archaeologists and biblical scholars. The work challenges mant conclusions of previous scholarship about the nature of the Israelites' religion and will be widely reviewed. - 1. Surveying Paths: An Essay about Humanities, Religion, History, and Israelite Religions; 2. Of Cult Places and of Israelites; 3. Architecture Parlante: Israelite Cult Places; 4. Tangible Belief: The Material and Textual Aspects of Cultic Artifacts; 5. Writ on Rock - Script on Stone; 6. Israelite Religions in Israelian and Judahite Historiography and Historiosophy; 7. Israelite Mantic Religions in Literary, Social, and Historical Contexts; 8. Visions of a Foreign Land: Israelite Religions through Enemy Eyes; 9. The Names of Israelite Gods; 10. Israelite Religions: A Parallactic Synthesis; Appendix: Khirbet Beit Lei: The Main Inscriptions
Item Description:Mit bibl. Textausz., hebr. in hebr. Schr. u. engl
ISBN:0826447287