| Texts, Contexts and Readings in Postexilic Literature: Explorations Into Historiography and Identity Negotiation in Hebrew Bible and Related Texts Contributor(s): Jonker, Louis C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3161509757 ISBN-13: 9783161509759 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $106.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 221.95 |
| LCCN: 2011516691 |
| Series: Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe |
| Physical Information: (1.12 lbs) 317 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Periods of socio-historical change often prompt renewed interest in history-writing. Interest in the past is then driven by processes of identity negotiation which facilitate a new orientation in changed circumstances. The Hebrew Bible is an excellent example, containing historiographical writings from different socio-historical periods. Dramatic socio-political and socio-religious changes took place from the sixth to the fourth centuries B.C.E. in Ancient Israel. These changes prompted different processes of identity negotiation through historiographical literature. The authors of the essays collected here explore historiographical and related texts and their contexts in these tumultuous times in order to come to a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between ancient historiography and identity negotiation. They also investigate how this literature could be interpreted in contemporary contexts of socio-historical change. Contributors: Johann Cook, Izak Cornelius, Louis Jonker, Gary Knoppers, Oded Lipschits, Gerrie Snyman, Robert Vosloo, Josef Wieshofer, Ehud Ben Zvi |