Ancient Israel's faith and history : an introduction to the Bible in context / [print]
George E. Mendenhall ; edited by Gary A. Herion.
- first edition.
- Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, (c)2001.
- xx, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
The world from Abraham to Moses : prologue to the emergence of the biblical tradition -- Moses and the Exodus : the formative period of the biblical tradition -- The twelve-tribe federation : the adaptive period (I)-- Yahweh becomes king of Israel -- King David and the transition to monarchy : the adaptive period (II)-- the abdication of Yahweh -- The legacy of King Solomon : the traditional period (I)-- Yahwism versus Yahwisticism -- Josiah reforms the imperial religion : the traditional period (II)-- the troubling legacy of the monarchy -- Destruction and exile : the creative reform of Yahwism -- Jesus and the New Testament reformation : the renewal of an old faith.
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