Rethinking Biblical Scholarship: Changing Perspectives 4 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781844657278)

"Rethinking Biblical Scholarship" brings together seminal essays to provide readers with an assessment of the archaeological and exegetical research which has transformed the discipline of biblical studies over the last two decades. The essays focus on history and historiography, exploring how scholarly constructs and ideologies mould historical, literary and cultural data and shape scholarly discourse. Most of the essays illustrate the development of what has been called a "minimalist" methodology. Among the many central topics examined are the formation of the Jewish scriptural canon and how the concepts of "prophecy" and "apocalypse" illuminate the emergence of Judaism in the late Persian and Hellenistic periods.

Author: Philip R. Davies
ISBN-10: 1844657272
ISBN-13: 9781844657278
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d