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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Ancient Israel
Contributor(s): Niditch, Susan (Editor)
ISBN: 0470656778     ISBN-13: 9780470656778
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $208.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - General
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
Dewey: 933
LCCN: 2015017683
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (2.25 lbs) 568 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Publisher Description:
The Companion to Ancient Israel offers an innovative overview of ancient Israelite culture and history, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields. Distinguished scholars provide original contributions that explore the tradition in all its complexity, multiplicity and diversity.
  • A methodologically sophisticated overview of ancient Israelite culture that provides insights into political and social history, culture, and methodology
  • Explores what we can say about the cultures and history of the people of Israel and Judah, but also investigates how we know what we know
  • Presents fresh insights, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields
  • Delves into 'religion as lived, ' an approach that asks about the everyday lives of ordinary people and the material cultures that they construct and experience
  • Each essay is an original contribution to the subject