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Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods

Essays in Honor of Douglas A. Knight

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  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.4 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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This volume makes a positive intervention into maximalist/minimalist debates about Israelite historiography by pointing to the events that happened during the Persian and Hellenistic periods. During this historical epoch, traditions about Israel and Judah's founding became fixed as markers of ethnic identity, and much of the canonical Hebrew Bible came into its present form. Concentrating on these events, a clearer historical picture emerges. The entire volume is set within the context of Doug Knight's contributions, which have encouraged a rigorous social-scientific and tradition-historical approach to the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel in general. Many scholars have pursued how the social scientific method, first used to analyze early monarchic Israel, can shape the understanding of these later historical periods. Knight's methods, teachings, writings, and scholarly interventions have pointed the contributors of this volume to fresh considerations of the Persian and Hellenistic periods. The concluding essay will examine the future directions in which such sociological and historical investigation can go forward.
Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods and Second Temple Studies IV
Second Temple Studies IVFocusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods

  • Title

    Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods

  • Authors

    Jon L. Berquist +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    April 2014

  • Edition

    NIPPOD

  • Weight

    428g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    15.4 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567656285

  • ISBN-10

    0567656284

  • Eden Code

    4269752