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Ancient texts for the study of the hebrew bible: a guide to the background literature
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ISBN: 1565634071 Year: 2005 Publisher: Peabody, Mass. Hendrickson

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The Pentateuch : an annotated bibliography
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ISBN: 080102398X 9780801023989 Year: 2002 Volume: 1 Publisher: Grand Rapids: Baker Books


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Sacred word, broken word : biblical authority and the dark side of Scripture.
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ISBN: 9780802867186 0802867189 Year: 2012 Publisher: Grand Rapids Eerdmans

Ethnicity and identity in ancient Israel
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ISBN: 1575065169 9781575065168 1575060337 9781575060330 Year: 1998 Publisher: Winona Lake, Ind. Eisenbrauns

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From the introduction:"When we speak of ethnicity, we bring into view a particular kind of sentiment about group identity wherein groups of individuals view themselves as being alike by virtue of their common ancestry. It is something of a truism to point out that ethnicity has played an important role in the history of Judaism, both in the postbiblical era and prior to it.The reason for this interest is twofold. First, in virtually every discipline of the humanities, there seems to be a general unhappiness with the superficial way that scholars have handled the issues of culture and identity. More specifically, with respect to ancient Israel, recent biblical scholarly activity-both literary and historical-has raised serious doubts about the supposed origins and antiquity of Israelite ethnicity."With this agenda in view, Kent Sparks provides a summary of current studies in ethnicity and ethnic identity, then moves to a discussion of Israel's ancient Near Eastern context and expressions of ethnic identity in the written remains from surrounding nations. Turning next to ancient Israel itself, he examines texts generally considered early in Israel's history for information relevant to Israel's ethnic identity. Sparks then investigates the witness of the prophets and the historical materials relating to the Judean monarchy and the exilic period, looking for expressions of ethnic sentiment. His research will likely prove to be the foundation on which future study of the topic will be built.


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Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel : Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnic Sentiments and Their Expression in the Hebrew Bible
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ISBN: 9781575065168 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, Pa Penn State University Press

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Community Identity in Judean Historiography
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ISBN: 1575066114 9781575066110 9781575061658 1575061651 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, PA

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Most of the essays in this volume stem from the special sessions of the Historiography Seminar of the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies, held in the late spring of 2007 (University of Saskatchewan). The papers in these focused sessions dealt with issues of self-identification, community identity, and ethnicity in Judahite and Yehudite historiography. The scholars present addressed a range of issues, such as the understanding, presentation, and delimitation of “Israel” in various biblical texts, the relationship of Israelites to Judahites in Judean historical writings, the definition of Israel over against other peoples, and the possible reasons why the ethnoreligious community (“Israel”) was the focus of Judahite/Yehudite historiography. Papers approached these matters from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary vantage points. For example, some pursued an inner-biblical perspective (pentateuchal sources/writings, Former Prophets, Latter Prophets, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah), while others pursued a cross-cultural comparative perspective (ancient Near Eastern, ancient Greek and Hellenistic historiographies, Western and non-Western historiographic traditions). Still others attempted to relate the material remains to the question of community identity in northern Israel, monarchic Judah, and postmonarchic Yehud.


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Community Identity in Judean Historiography : Biblical and Comparative Perspectives
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ISBN: 9781575066110 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, Pa Penn State University Press

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Rethinking the Foundations

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In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt.

Rethinking the Foundations : Historiography in the Ancient World and in the Bible. Essays in Honour of John Van Seters

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