| The Early Monarchy in Israel: The Tenth Century B.C.E. Contributor(s): Dietrich, Walter (Author), Vette, Joachim (Translator) |
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ISBN: 9004157352 ISBN-13: 9789004157354 Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers OUR PRICE: $172.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2007 Annotation: Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 933.020 |
| Series: Sbl - Biblical Encyclopedia |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.69" W x 9.43" (1.74 lbs) 378 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Hebrew narrative art achieves its highest level in the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon. But beyond that, the description of these all-too-human characters and the dramatic events of the birth of the Israelite state depicts a change of eras that became determinative for half a millennium of Israelite history. In this volume Dietrich introduces readers to the stories of the early Israelite state from a variety of perspectives: literarycritical, historical, and theological. After tracing how biblical and extrabiblical texts describe the period, Dietrich skillfully untangles the knotty questions related to the history of the period and perceptively examines the development of this literary corpus as well as the other biblical material that came to be associated with it. In a concluding chapter Dietrich revisits the stories of Saul, David, and Solomon to explore what they teach about theological issues of enduring significance, what they teach about God, humanity, the state, the use of force, and the relationship between women and men. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
