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Author Banks, Diane, 1942-

Title Writing the history of Israel / Diane Banks.

Publication Info. New York ; London : T. & T. Clark, [2006]
©2006
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 438.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Historiography in nineteenth-century Germany -- Julius Wellhausen and the Prolegomena to the history of Israel -- Historiography in Germany and the United States to World War II -- Biblical history at mid-century : John Bright and Martin Noth -- Historiography and controversy in the recent past -- Writing Israel's history today -- Conclusion.
Summary No biblical historian is included in the standard dictionaries of historians. Banks' study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in university departments of history. She argues that while the influence of the profession of writing history is apparent, there are countervailing forces as well. The presupposition that the Bible is a book of history conditions the outcome of historical research in biblical studies. Banks argues that Julius Wellhausen's history of Israel set in motion the general tendency to.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography.
Bible. Old Testament.
Historiography.
Bible. Old Testament.
Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D. -- Historiography.
Jews.
History.
Chronological Term To 70 A.D
Subject Old Testament scholars -- History.
Old Testament scholars.
Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D. -- Historiography.
Chronological Term To 70
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Banks, Diane, 1942- Writing the history of Israel. New York ; London : T. & T. Clark, ©2006 (DLC) 2006007721
ISBN 9780567449542 (electronic book)
0567449548 (electronic book)
0567026620
9780567026620

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