Historical roots of the Old Testament (1200-63 BCE)
By: by Richard D. Nelson
Series: Society of Biblical Literature Biblical Encyclopedia -- 13; Biblische Enzyklopädie -- v. 13.
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781628370058; 9781628370065; 9781628370072
Subjects: Sources; Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Altes Testament; History
Description: This volume coordinates individual books and textual elements with the eras of their composition, from the early Iron Age to the arrival of Roman power in Palestine. Drawing on the biblical text itself, this work investigates the folktales, sayings, songs, etiological narratives, and written sources used by the biblical writers in coordination with evidence from archaeology, place names, inscriptions, archives, and literary texts from Egypt and ancient West Asia. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The emergence of Israel (ca. 1200-ca. 1000 BC); title: 2. State formation (to ca. 930); title: 3. The kingdoms of Israel and Judah (ca. 930-720); title: 4. Judah in the Assyrian and Babylonian periods (720-539); title: 5. Yehud and Persia (539-330); title: 6. The Hellenistic period (330-63).