The World of Ancient Israel
Subtitle: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives
Edition: Reprint edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 27, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780521342438
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Jewish - General; Jews - Civilisation - to 70 A.D.; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; History - General History; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General
First sentence: The study of the Old Testament through a reconstruction of the history of the rise of the nation of ancient Israel, its growth to maturity under the monarchy, followed by the beginnings of the Jewish dispersion, has been a major goal of scholarship since the early part of the nineteenth century.