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In the politico-religious history of the Deuteronomists, past, present and future mingle in an often inextricable way. Long obsolete traditions, which had been unacceptable to the Davidic dynasty, were rediscovered and adapted to the aims of the Deuteronomists. Personages of the past were condemned and blackened in the light of the new ideology, whereas others were glorified and embellished as heroes of faith because their ideas suited the historians. This inevitably raises the question whether the Bible can be trusted as a source book for writing a history of Israel. Apparently not, say scholars like T.L. Thompson, P.R. Davies and N.P. Lemche. In this volume a number of authors take up this challenge, stating that the radical rejection of the biblical testimony in favour of a history based mainly on archaeology is ill-advised. Several contributions to this volume draw instructive parallels between the process of re-writing the history of South Africa and the work of the Deuteronomists.

Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) --- 222.4 --- 224 --- Deuteronomic history (Biblical criticism) --- Deuteronomists (Biblical criticism) --- DH (Biblical criticism) --- D document (Biblical criticism) --- Deuteronomium --- Profetische boeken van het Oude Testament --- Congresses --- Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) - Congresses. --- Deuteronomist history (Biblical criticism) --- Prophet --- Prophets --- Biblical teaching --- Bible AT Deutéronome --- Prophètes --- Document D (critique biblique) --- Critique, interprétation, etc --- Enseignement biblique --- Prophet.

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In this volume, Nathaniel Levtow articulately interacts with Mesopotamian and Israelite iconoclastic traditions, locating Israelite polemics against cult images among a spectrum of ancient West Asian literary genres and ritual practices that target the embodied deities of political opponents. Levtow argues that Israelite parodies of Mesopotamian iconic cult were not unique expressions of aniconic monotheism but assertions of Israelite political potency during and shortly after the Babylonian Exile. By interpreting Israelite icon parodies in this context, Levtow rejects the idea of "idolatry" as a static, native Israelite descriptive category and highlights the ability of Israelite writers to compose authoritative classifications of cult that profoundly influenced ancient and modern understandings of iconic worship practices. He concludes that biblical representations of iconic cult reveal dynamic acts of Israelite social formation and exemplify the enduring power of the cult image in ancient West Asian societies.

Idols and images --- Iconography --- Images and idols --- Religious images --- Statuettes --- Animism --- Art, Primitive --- Art and religion --- Fetishism --- Magic --- Religion --- Sculpture, Primitive --- Symbolism --- Gods in art --- Biblical teaching. --- Worship --- History. --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Iraq --- Irak --- Rāfidayn, Bilād --- Bilād al-Rāfidayn --- Republic of Iraq --- Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah --- Religion. --- Civilization --- 221.08*8 --- 221.08*8 Theologie van het Oude Testament: relatie met de klassieke oudheid --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: relatie met de klassieke oudheid --- Biblical teaching --- Worship&delete& --- History --- image --- Dieu --- religion israelite --- religion mesopotamienne. --- polemique --- "Bible. AT" --- "Bible. AT." --- Iconography, Religious --- Religious iconography --- Religious statuettes --- Statuettes, Religious --- Religious art

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Since antiquity, the five books of Moses have served as a sacred constitution, foundational for both Jews and Samaritans. However long the process of accepting the Pentateuch as authoritative tōrâ ("instruction") took, this was by all accounts a monumental achievement in the history of these peoples and indeed an important moment in the history of the ancient world. In the long development of Western societies, the Pentateuch has served as a major influence on the development of law, political philosophy, and social thought. The question is: how, where, and why did this process of acceptance occur, when did it occur, and how long did it take?

Judaism --- History --- Bible. --- Chumash --- Five Books of Moses --- Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah --- Ḥumash --- Kitāb-i Muqqadas --- Mose Ogyŏng (Book of the Old Testament) --- Pentateuch --- Pi︠a︡toknizhīe Moiseevo --- Sefer Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah --- Tawrāh --- Torà (Pentateuch) --- Torah (Pentateuch) --- Tʻoris xutʻcigneuli --- Ureta --- תורה --- Haftarot --- Canonical criticism --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- critique historique --- critique litteraire --- Judaïsme --- Canonical criticism. --- "Bible. AT. Pentateuque" --- Congres. --- Post-exilic period (Judaism) --- Histoire --- "Bible. --- Critique canonique --- Critique, interpretation, etc. --- * droit --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Religion --- Tʻora --- Pi͡atoknizhīe Moiseevo --- Juifs --- Musées juifs --- Judaïsme --- Bibliothèques juives --- Judaïsme et franc-maçonnerie --- Critique et exégèse juives --- Femmes et judaïsme --- Interprétations juives --- Socialisme et judaïsme --- Et le judaïsme --- Démonologie juive --- Théologie juive --- Dieu --- Rabbinat --- Kabbale --- Fondamentalisme juif --- Prédication --- Judaïsme rabbinique --- Morale juive --- Semikhah --- Commandements (judaïsme) --- Haskala --- Judaïsme conservateur --- Judaïsme laïc --- Judaïsme orthodoxe --- Judaïsme reconstructionniste --- Judaïsme réformé --- Samaritains --- Sectes juives --- Sionisme et judaïsme --- Sionisme religieux --- Symbolisme juif --- Religions abrahamiques --- Hellenistic Judaism --- Judaism, Hellenistic --- Prières --- Civilisation --- Coutumes et pratiques --- Autorités religieuses --- Mouvement des judaïsants --- Smiykah --- Histoire du judaïsme