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Canaan and Israel in antiquity : a textbook on history and religion / K.L. Noll. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury T and T Clark, (c)2013.Edition: second editionDescription: xvi, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780567097224
  • 9780567204882
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS111.N793.N655 2013
  • DS111
Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
What is 'history'? -- What was history in the perception of the ancients? -- Prior to the Iron Age -- The Iron Age I -- The patron god in the ancient Near East -- The transitional decades -- The Iron Age II -- Varieties of religious experience and Canaanite gods -- The neo-Babylonian and Persian periods.
Scope and content: This comprehensive textbook presents the most recent approaches to the biblical world through a survey of the social, political, economic, religious and ecological changes in Palestine from the Paleolithic to Roman eras. 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Canaan and Israel: an overview -- What is 'history'? -- What was history in the perception of the ancients? -- Prior to the Iron Age -- The Iron Age I -- The patron god in the ancient Near East -- The transitional decades -- The Iron Age II -- Varieties of religious experience and Canaanite gods -- The neo-Babylonian and Persian periods.

This comprehensive textbook presents the most recent approaches to the biblical world through a survey of the social, political, economic, religious and ecological changes in Palestine from the Paleolithic to Roman eras. 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.

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