{"product_id":"historical-knowledge-in-biblical-antiquity-jacob-neusner-9781905679003","title":"Historical Knowledge in Biblical Antiquity","description":"Fourteen essays by leading scholars (J. Neusner, B.D. Chilton, W.S. Green, L.H. Schiffman, A.J. Avery-Peck, G.W.E. Nickelsburg, S. Mason, C. Dewald, M. Aviam, G.G. Porton) ask two questions: What was the purpose of studying the past in biblical antiquity, and what sorts of information did the historians who produced Scripture in Judaism and Christianity seek in accomplishing their purpose?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ancient Israelite and Greek historiography set the stage for a survey of how diverse Christian and Judaic writers defined the historical mission and carried it out. The Hebrew Scriptures, Gospels, Dead Sea scrolls, apocryphal and pseudepigraphic writers, Josephus, the Mishnah and the Talmuds all are asked to answer those questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Neusner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905679009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905679003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Jacob Neusner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437125349631,"sku":"9781905679003","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5edb2408-555c-4ce9-8bb3-6b5fba47d565.jpg?v=1777160034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historical-knowledge-in-biblical-antiquity-jacob-neusner-9781905679003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}