The Fabric of history : text, artifact and Israel's past

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Full Title:: The Fabric of history : text, artifact and Israel's past / edited by Diana Vikander Edelman
Series Titles:: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 127
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. 127.

Subjects:: Bible.Old Testament--Historiography
Bible.Old Testament--History of contemporary events
Bible.Old Testament--Antiquities
Bible.Old Testament--Study and teaching
Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine
Jews--History--1200-953 B.C.

Table of Contents:: Doing history in biblical studies / Diana Edelman -- From history to interpretation / Ernst Axel Knauf -- Text, context and referent in Israelite historiography / Thomas L. Thompson -- Is it possible to write a history of Israel without relying on the Hebrew Bible? / J. Maxwell Miller -- Archaeology, material culture and the early monarchical period in Israel / William G. Dever -- The role of archaeological and literary remains in reconstructing Israel's history / Gösta W. Ahlström.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 148 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note:: "The essays in this volume were presented either in toto or in summary form at the 1989 Annual Society of Biblical Literature/American Schools of Oriental Research meeting in a symposium entitled 'The role of history and archaeology in biblical studies'."--Preface.