Writing the history of Israel

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Full Title:: Writing the history of Israel / Diane Banks
Series Titles:: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438.

Subjects:: Bible.O.T.--Historiography
Jews--History--To 70 A.D.--Historiography
Old Testament scholars--History
Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.--Historiography

Table of Contents:: Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY; Chapter 3 JULIUS WELLHAUSEN AND THE PROLEGOMENA TO THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL; Chapter 4 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES TO WORLD WAR II; Chapter 5 BIBLICAL HISTORY AT MID-CENTURY: JOHN BRIGHT AND MARTIN NOTH; Chapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CONTROVERSY IN THE RECENT PAST; Chapter 7 WRITING ISRAEL'S HISTORY TODAY; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of Authors
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: No biblical historian is included in the standard dictionaries of historians. Banks' study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in university departments of history. She argues that while the influence of the profession of writing history is apparent, there are countervailing forces as well. The presupposition that the Bible is a book of history conditions the outcome of historical research in biblical studies. Banks argues that Julius Wellhausen's history of Israel set in motion the general tendency to
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (263 p.)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.