The World of Ancient Israel
Subtitle: Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives (Society for Old Testament Studies Monogr)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 29, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780521423922
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Religion; History - General History; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Jewish - Ancient; World - General; History-World - General; Jews - Civilisation - to 70 A.D.; Jews - Civilisation - to 70 A.D. Jews - Civil; Religion / Bible / Study / Old Testament; Religion-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.