The Early Monarchy in Israel
Subtitle: The Tenth Century B.C.E. (Biblical Encyclopedia)
Contributors: Joachim Vette (Translator)
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: October 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781589832633
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; World history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Israel; Ancient - General; Jewish - Ancient; Middle East - Israel; Religion & Spirituality; History / Ancient / General; History : Jewish - Ancient; History : Middle East - Israel; Jews
Description: The Hebrew narrative art achieves its highest level in the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon. But beyond that, the description of these all-too-human characters and the dramatic events of the birth of the Israelite state depicts a change of eras that became determinative for half a millennium of Israelite history. In this volume Dietrich introduces readers to the stories of the early Israelite state from a variety of perspectives: literary-critical, historical, and theological. After tracing how biblical and extrabiblical texts describe the period, Dietrich skillfully untangles the knotty questions related to the history of the period and perceptively examines the development of this literary corpus as well as the other biblical material that came to be associated with it. In a concluding chapter Dietrich revisits the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon to explore what they teach about theological issues of enduring significance, what they teach about God, humanity, the state, the use of force, and the relationship between women and men.