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The historian and the Bible : essays in honour of Lester L. Grabbe / edited by Philip R. Davies and Diana V. Edelman. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 530. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: New York : T and T Clark International, [(c)2010.Description: xiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780567202680
  • 0567202682
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1171.3.H578 2010
  • BS1171.3.E22.H578 2010
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Contents:
History and memory : some reflections on the "memory debate" in relation to the Hebrew Bible Hans M. Barstad Did a reform like Josiah's happen? Niels Peter Lemche Text and archaeology in a period of great decline : the contribution of the Amarna letters to the debate on the historicity of Nehemiah's wall Nadav Naaman Secondary sources also deserve to be historically evaluated : the case of the united monarchy Rainer Albertz Reiterative narratives of exile and return : virtual memories of Abraham in the Persian and Hellenistic periods Thomas L. Thompson Hazor in the second half of the tenth century B.C.E. : historiography, archaeology and history Andre Lemaire The chronology of the biblical fairy-tale Mario Liverani A contribution to the intellectual history of Yehud : the story of Micaiah and its function within the discourse of Persian-period literati Ehud Ben Zvi Of priests and prophets and interpreting the past : the Egyptian hm-ntr andhry-hbt and the Judahite nabi Diana V. Edelman Welcome home H.G.M. Williamson "Here is a man whose name is Semah" (Zechariah 6:12) Oded Lipschits Drought, hunger, and redistribution : a social economic reading of Nehemiah 5 Bob Becking Footnotes to the rescript of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11-26) Joseph Blenkinsopp Aspects of Samaria's religious culture during the early Hellenistic period Gary N. Knoppers Biblical references to Judean settlement in Eretz Israel (and beyond) in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods Ernst Axel Knauf The Hebrew canon and the origins of Judaism Philip R. Davies What makes a text historical? : assumptions behind the classification of some Dead Sea scrolls George J. Brooke.
Summary: Grabbe's distinguished colleagues and friends offer their reflections on the practice and theory of history writing, on the current controversies and topics of major interest.
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History and memory : some reflections on the "memory debate" in relation to the Hebrew Bible Hans M. Barstad Did a reform like Josiah's happen? Niels Peter Lemche Text and archaeology in a period of great decline : the contribution of the Amarna letters to the debate on the historicity of Nehemiah's wall Nadav Naaman Secondary sources also deserve to be historically evaluated : the case of the united monarchy Rainer Albertz Reiterative narratives of exile and return : virtual memories of Abraham in the Persian and Hellenistic periods Thomas L. Thompson Hazor in the second half of the tenth century B.C.E. : historiography, archaeology and history Andre Lemaire The chronology of the biblical fairy-tale Mario Liverani A contribution to the intellectual history of Yehud : the story of Micaiah and its function within the discourse of Persian-period literati Ehud Ben Zvi Of priests and prophets and interpreting the past : the Egyptian hm-ntr andhry-hbt and the Judahite nabi Diana V. Edelman Welcome home H.G.M. Williamson "Here is a man whose name is Semah" (Zechariah 6:12) Oded Lipschits Drought, hunger, and redistribution : a social economic reading of Nehemiah 5 Bob Becking Footnotes to the rescript of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11-26) Joseph Blenkinsopp Aspects of Samaria's religious culture during the early Hellenistic period Gary N. Knoppers Biblical references to Judean settlement in Eretz Israel (and beyond) in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods Ernst Axel Knauf The Hebrew canon and the origins of Judaism Philip R. Davies What makes a text historical? : assumptions behind the classification of some Dead Sea scrolls George J. Brooke.

Grabbe's distinguished colleagues and friends offer their reflections on the practice and theory of history writing, on the current controversies and topics of major interest.

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