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The First Historians

The Hebrew Bible and History

by Baruch Halpern (university Of Georgia)

  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
  • 15.1 x 23.2 x 2.1 cm

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An important reinterpretation of the Hebrew Bible as historiography, now available in paper. The First Historians is a book that no one with serious interest in biblical scholarship can afford to neglect. Halpern is one of the most fertile, exuberant, and audacious minds of his generation. He is witty, learned, and outrageous in turn, a Momigliano of Hebrew historiography. One learns more from one book by Halpern than from a dozen by his plodding peers."-Frank Moore Cross, Harvard University "With characteristic imagination, erudition, and wit, Halpern challenges the established understanding. . . of the Former Prophets. His designation of those books as historiography will surprise those who think that genre began with the Greeks. No one concerned with the roots of historical thinking in the West or with the relationship of the Bible to history can afford to miss this extraordinary volume"-Jon D. Levenson, Harvard Divinity School "It is an impressive and extremely important book. My only regret is that someone didn't write these things long ago-Halpern shows himself to be a master of literature, history, Semitic linguistics, ancient Near Eastern texts, and archaeology. No one in his generation controls all of these tools of the trade as Halpern does."-Richard Elliott Friedman, University of California, San Diego
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Davids Secret Demons paperbackThe First Historians

  • Author

    Baruch Halpern (university Of Georgia)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Pennsylvania State University Press

  • Published

    August 1996

  • Weight

    486g

  • Page Count

    320

  • Dimensions

    15.1 x 23.2 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780271024493

  • ISBN-10

    0271024496

  • Eden Code

    1148325

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