Memories of Ancient Israel and First Person

Memories of Ancient Israel

Name: Memories of Ancient Israel
Price: 22.77 GBP
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Author: Philip R. Davies
ISBN: 9780664232887

An Introduction to Biblical History Anicent and Modern

by Philip R. Davies

Paperback
280 pages
Publisher: Westminster John Knox
14 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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Recent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient Israel and Judah. The scholarly world has also witnessed an intense confrontation between so-called minimalists and maximalists over the correct approach to the historicity of the Bible. "Memories of Ancient Israel "looks at the issues at stake in biblical history--the ideologies involved, the changing role of archaeology, and the influence of cultural contexts both ancient and modern. Philip Davies suggests a different way of defining the problem of "reliability" and "historicity" by employing the theory of cultural memory. In doing so, he provides a better explanation of how ancient societies constructed their past but also a penetrating insight into the ideological underpinnings of today's scholarly debates.