Critical issues in early Israelite history
By: edited by Richard S. Hess, Gerald A. Klingbeil, and Paul J. Ray Jr.
Contributors: Hess, Richard S.; Klingbeil, Gerald A., 1964-; Ray, Paul J.
Series: Bulletin for biblical research supplements -- 3
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781575068046
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Antiquities -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- Congresses; Bronze age -- Palestine -- Congresses; Iron age -- Palestine -- Congresses; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine -- Congresses; Palestine -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Today, the mainstream opinion is that there was no Conquest, and the Israelites, if they can be identified as a national entity or as a people, did not arrive in Canaan by means of a military conquest. For three days in March 2004, a group of scholars met to consider the state of the question and to provide a response to the predominant academic skepticism, a response that considers the biblical text to be an important datum in the construction of the history of the people of Israel. Critical Issues in Early Israelite History publishes the papers read at this conference. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rhetorical structuring of the Joshua conquest narratives / K. Lawson Younger Jr; title: The Jericho and Ai of the book of Joshua / Richard S. Hess; title: Merenptah's reference to Israel: critical issues for the origin of Israel / Michael G. Hasel; title: The Persian period and the origins of Israel: beyond the myths / Efraín Velázquez; title: Classical models for the appearance of Israel in Palestine / Paul J. Ray Jr; title: The appearance of Israel in Canaan in recent scholarship / Patrick Mazani; title: Between North and South: the archaeology of religion in late Bronze Age Palestine and the period of the settlement / Gerald A. Klingbeil; title: The context of early Israel viewed through the archaeology of northern Mesopotamia and Syria / Mark W. Chavalas; title: The survey of Manasseh and the origin of the central hill country settlers / Ralph K. Hawkins; title: Israelite settlement at the margins of the northern hill country: connections to Joshua and Judges from Tell Dothan / Daniel M. Master; title: Rewriting Philistine history: recent trends in Philistine archaeology and biblical studies / Steven M. Ortiz; title: The search for Joshua's Ai / Bryant G. Wood.