Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction / Edition 1

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This unusually comprehensive textbook represents the most recent approaches to the biblical world by surveying Palestine's social, political, economic, religious and ecological changes from Palaeolithic to Roman eras. Designed for beginners with little knowledge of the ancient world, and with copious illustrations and charts, it explains how and why academic study of the past is undertaken, as well as the differences between historical and theological scholarship and the differences between ancient and modern genres of history writing. Classroom tested chapters emphasize the authenticity of the Bible as a product of an ancient culture, and the many problems with the biblical narrative as a historical source. Neither 'maximalist' nor 'minimalist' it is sufficiently general to avoid confusion and to allow the assignment of supplementary readings such as biblical narratives and ancient Near Eastern texts.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781841272580
  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/19/2002
  • Series: Biblical Seminar Series
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 331
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.35 (h) x 0.66 (d)

Meet the Author

Dr K.L. Noll is Assistant Professor of Religion at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky. His publications include 'The Faces of David' (1996).

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Table of Contents

List of Figures 9
Abbreviations 11
Preface 13
Ch. 1 Canaan and Israel: An Overview 15
Ch. 2 What is 'History'? 31
Differing Conceptions of 'History' 31
What is a Genre? 33
Three Genres of History 35
Tools for the Study of the Ancient Past 41
Ch. 3 What was 'History' in the Perception of the Ancients? 58
The Practice of Ancient Historia 59
The Rhetoric of Authority in Ancient Historia 62
The 'Truth' in Ancient Historia 67
Is the Bible an Example of Ancient Historia? 68
A Test Case: Establishing the Dates of the Exodus and Conquest 74
Ch. 4 Prior to the Late Bronze Age 83
In the Beginning ... 85
Palestine in the Mesolithic Era (18000-8000 B.C.E.) 87
The Neolithic Era (8000-4500 B.C.E.) 88
The Chalcolithic Era (4500-3500 B.C.E.) 92
Syria-Palestine's Neighbors During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (3500-2000 and 2000-1550 B.C.E.) 94
Syria-Palestine During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages (3500-2000 and 2000-1550 B.C.E.) 103
Ch. 5 The Late Bronze Age 108
Setting the Scene: Three Competing Powers 108
The Wars of Empire (Sixteenth-Thirteenth Centuries B.C.E.) 111
Daily Life in the Late Bronze Age (1550-1200 B.C.E.) 117
'Israel' on the Merneptah Stela 124
Mesopotamia in the Late Bronze Age (1550-1200 B.C.E.) 129
Henotheism, Monotheism and Polytheism: Varieties of Royal Theology in the Ancient World 131
Ch. 6 The Iron Age I 136
What is an Ancient Ethnic Group and How is It to be Found? 140
Seeking the Philistines in Canaan's Material Culture 146
Seeking the Israelites in Canaan's Material Culture 154
The Highlands of Palestine During the Iron Age I 155
Life in the Iron Age I Highland Villages 164
Ch. 7 The Tenth Century B.C.E. 170
The Case for a United Monarchy 171
The Case against a United Monarchy 182
Ch. 8 The Iron Age II 199
The Political Economy of Palestine in the Iron Age II 202
Patron-Client Relationships in Iron Age I and Iron Age II 207
Mesopotamia in the Iron Age II 215
The Monarchy of Israel in the Iron Age II 219
The Monarchy of Judah in the Iron Age II 227
The Modern Theories Concerning King Josiah of Judah 230
Ch. 9 The Religions of Canaan: A Short Tour 238
What is a Myth? What is Mythology? 241
The Gods of Ancient Canaan 243
The Rise of Yahweh as Israel's High God 251
Religion at Three Levels of Society 257
What was Prophecy? 268
Conclusion 279
Ch. 10 After the Iron Age II 283
Babylonian Period (586-539 B.C.E.) 283
Cyrus the Great, Messiah of Yahweh 286
The Persian Empire (539-331 B.C.E.) 289
The History of Yehud (Persian-Era Judah) 292
The Varieties of Judaisms During the Persian Era 295
The Hellenistic Era (332-63 B.C.E.) 299
The Roman Period (From 63 B.C.E.) 301
The Emergence of the Bible 304
Postscript 311
Index of References 313
Index of Subjects 318
Index of Modern Authors 329
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