Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: A Textbook on History and Religion: Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780567097224 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 356 str.

K. L. Noll

Opis

This comprehensive classic textbook represents the most recent approaches to the biblical world by surveying Palestine's social, political, economic, religious and ecological changes from Palaeolithic to Roman eras. Designed for beginners with little knowledge of the ancient world, and with copious illustrations and charts, it explains how and why academic study of the past is undertaken, as well as the differences between historical and theological scholarship and the differences between ancient and modern genres of history writing. Classroom tested chapters emphasize the authenticity of the Bible as a product of an ancient culture, and the many problems with the biblical narrative as a historical source. Neither "maximalist" nor "minimalist'" it is sufficiently general to avoid confusion and to allow the assignment of supplementary readings such as biblical narratives and ancient Near Eastern texts. This new edition has been fully revised, incorporating new graphics and English translations of Near Eastern inscriptions. New material on the religiously diverse environment of Ancient Israel taking into account the latest archaeological discussions brings this book right up to date.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Canaan and Israel: An Overview 2. What is ‘History’? 3. What was History in the Perception of the Ancients? 4. Prior to the Iron Age 5. The Iron Age I 6. The Patron God in the Ancient Near East 7. The Transitional Decades 8. The Iron Age II 9. Varieties of Religious Experience and Canaanite Gods 10. The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Indexes