Isbn: 9780465006229 - the mythic past: biblical archaeology and the myth of israel: how writers create a past (24 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. A study of Old Testament and early Middle Eastern history. Using advances in Palestinian and biblical archaeology, the book aims to provide a synthesis of studies since the mid 1970s. In conclusion, the author argues that the notion of Israel and its history is a literary fiction.…

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black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first us edition so stated. first printing(#1 in # line). deckled foredge. xix+412p. 3 maps. chronology. table. index of texts cited. ancient history. middle east. palestine. mythology. folklore. ancient religion. old testament. assyria.babylon. egypt. syria. canaan. baal. jehovah. yaweh. anthropology. archaeology. ancient literature. hittites. hyksos. hapiru. ~ "Today we no longer have a history of Israel. We can no longer talk about a time of the patriarchs. There never was a 'United Monarchy in history and it is meaningless to speak of pre~exilic prophets and their writings. We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past. The story of the chosen and rejected Israel that it presents is a philosophical metaphor of a mankind that has lost its way." So begins The Mythic Past, Thomas L. Thompson's powder keg of a book. The archaeology of, and subsequent historical claims to, the small area of the Eastern Mediterranean known as Israel lies not only at the very heart of Judeo~Christian belief, but has also been the source of some of the bloodiest conflicts throughout history. Together, they form the foundation for which the Jewish people lay claim to the modern state of Israel. Yet as Thompson concludes, this foundation is a myth, a fiction drawn from intellectual, philosophical, and mythological traditions of the great empires of antiquity. The Mythic Past is the first accessible overview and synthesis of two decades of scholarship on various aspects of early Palestine history~linguistic, economic, agricultural, and archaeological. While its controversial conclusion~that the Old Testament offers absolutely no historical evidence for the early history of Israel~will surely draw fire from conservative Jews, Catholics, and Evangelicals alike, the author's insistence on the Old Testament as a great collection of literature offers refreshing new ways to read it. By separating theBible from history, we are not getting rid of the Bible; instead, we are reading it as it was meant to be read as stories and legends, as some of the world's most beautiful poetry, pious, lyrical, and erotic, as epic narratives and wondrous folktales, often stunningly profound and evocative, as romances and adventure stories both moralistic and sentimental. There are examples of racism and sexism as well as some of the world's earliest condemnations of both. Releasing the Old Testament from any claims to historicity, The Mythic Past provides refreshing new ways to read the Hebrew scriptures as literature. Nevertheless, its conclusions about early Jewish history are sure to prove incendiary in a worldwide debate about one of the world's most seminal texts and one of its most bitterly contested regions. …

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. A HIGHLY CONTROVERSAL BOOK THAT MOVES FORWARD AND BUILDS UPON THE BELIEF THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT OFFERS ABSOLUTELY NO HISTORICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EARLY HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Black boards, gilt spine titles, like new. Pages crisp, clean. Dj slight edge wear. Synthesis of two decades of scholarship on various aspects of early Palestine history. One of the great controversies surrounding the Bible in the last 20 years centers on whether it is a historical document and therefore literally "true." Thomas L. Thompson has spent his academic career steeped in this controversy, researching the archaeological histories of Israel and Palestine, and has concluded that the Bible is not a historical document. Thompson contends however, that understanding the Bible as fictive does not have to undermine its truth and integrity. Its often startling assertions will make for a powderkeg of a book. Among the author's conclusions are these: -- There never was a "united monarch" (Saul, David, Solomon) in history -- We can no longer talk about a time of the Patriarchs -- The entire notion of "Israel" and its history is a literary fiction. 412 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

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