Rethinking biblical scholarship

by Davies, Philip R.

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Full title :Rethinking biblical scholarship / Philip R. Davies

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

Notes

"First published in 2014 by Acumen"--Title page verso

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 253 pages ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781844657278, 1844657272
oclc:ocn965767651
LC Classification:BS1171.3

Introduction / Niels Peter Lemche -- Do Old Testament studies need a dictionary? -- Whose history? Whose Israel? Whose Bible? Biblical histories, ancient and modern -- What is 'minimalism' and why do so many people dislike it? -- 'House of David' built on sand: the sins of the biblical maximizers -- The origin of biblical Israel -- God of Cyrus, God of Israel: some religio-historical reflections on Isaiah 40-55 -- Scenes from the early history of Judaism -- Josiah and the law book -- Judaeans in Egypt: Hebrew and Greek stories -- Amos, man and book -- 'Pen of iron, point of diamond' (Jer 17:1): prophecy as writing -- Reading Daniel sociologically -- And Enoch was not, for Genesis took him -- Divination, 'apocalyptic' and sectarianism in early Judaism -- What is a bible? -- The Jewish scriptural canon in cultural perspective