Between evidence and ideology : essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lincoln, July 2009 /
edited by Bob Becking, Lester L. Grabbe.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Oudtestamentische studiën = Old Testament studies ; v. 59 .
- Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 59. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
David between ideology and evidence / Bob Becking -- Mercator in the wilderness: Numbers 33 / John R. Bartlett -- Origins of Israel between history and ideology / Meindert Dijkstra -- The case of the corrupting consensus / Lester L. Grabbe -- Hasidisms and their militant ideologies: 1 and 2 Maccabees, Psalms 144 and 149 / Harm van Grol -- The Old Testament as a diachronic corpus / Marinus Koster -- Pharaoh Shishak's invasion of Palestine and the Exodus from Egypt / Andrew Mayes -- The Greek Esthers and the search for history: some preliminary observations / Jill Middlemass -- Does archaeology really deserve the status of a 'high court' in biblical historical research? / Nadav Na'aman -- Prophecy and history in the book of Judges / Klaas Spronk -- Resisting the past: ancient Israel in Western memory / Keith W. Whitelam.
Essays on the History of Ancient Israel read at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap Lincoln, July 2009.