Canaan and Israel in antiquity : a textbook on history and religion / [print]
K.L. Noll.
- second edition.
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury T and T Clark, (c)2013.
- xvi, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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.