The function of ancient historiography in biblical and cognate studies
By: edited by Patricia G. Kirkpatrick and Timothy D. Goltz.
Contributors: Kirkpatrick, Patricia G.; Goltz, Timothy D.
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 489
Publisher: T&T Clark
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780567027153
Subjects: Bible -- O.T. -- Historiography -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Study and teaching -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Jacob-Esau narratives : from form to function / Patricia G. Kirkpatrick; title: Uses of the past : the story of David as a test case / John van Seters; title: The evolution of genre in the Book of Kings : the story of Sennacherib and Hezekiah as example / Kurt Noll; title: Sennacherib's 701 invasion into Judah : what saith the Scriptures? / Paul Evans; title: Reflecting on catastrophe : Lamentations 4 as historiography / Marie-Louise, Mitchell; title: The Chronicler as elite : establishing an atmosphere of perpetuity in Jerusalemite Yehud / Tim Goltz; title: Re-membering the past : the purpose of historical discourse in the Book of Judith / Dilys Patterson; title: The Gospel of Mark in the context of ancient historiography / Eve-Marie Becker; title: The origin of the Christian species : lessons from the study of natural history for the reconstruction of the history of earliest Christianity / Fredrick Wisse; title: Back to the future in the early church : the use of the Book of Daniel in early patristic eschatology / Gerbern S. Oegema.