The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This book argues that only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought. What is narrated in the Bible is only myth. But this myth about Israel's past was still built with fragments of history, or rather with written traditions that were different from those expressed in the actual text, and obviously more ancient. These essays follow in the spirit of his controversial History and Ideology in Ancient Israel, which combine detailed philological reseaerch, a wide knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature and Biblical Archaeology--and a radical way of understanding what the biblical text is really telling us. This is an erudite and thought-provoking book, which should not be ignored by anyone who finds the origin of the Bible a fascinating and still largely unknown phenomenon.

Myth and History in the Bible (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

History

Garbini, Giovanni

Europe

Sheffield Academic+press

<p>The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This book argues that only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought. What is narrated in the Bible is only myth</p>

T&T Clark

The Old Testament, and biblical scholarship itself, distinguishes between mythical and historical. This title argues that the only historical thing in the Bible is the Bible itself, a superb product of Jewish thought, whereas what is narrated in the Bible is only myth. However, this myth about Israel's past was still built with fragments of history, or rather with written traditions that were different from those expressed in the actual text, and obviously more ancient. These essays follow in the spirit of this controversial history and ideology in Ancient Israel, which combine detailed philological research, a wide knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature and biblical archaeology - and a radical way of understanding what the biblical text is really telling us.

Myth and History in the Bible (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 362)

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Continuum Intl Pub Group

A classic introduction to the life-world of Israel, unmissable f or all studying the Hebrew Scriptures.

History and Ideology in Ancient Israel

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

SCM Press

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Myth and History in the Bible (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Myth and History in the Bible (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

Myth and History in the Bible (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 362)

History and Ideology in Ancient Israel