Understanding Dan: An Exegetical Study of a Biblical City, Tribe and Ancestor (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 379) - Hardcover

Bartusch, Mark Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826466575 ISBN 13: 9780826466570

Publisher: Continuum, 2003

Synopsis

This book investigates the Dan/Danite tradition in the Hebrew Bible to determine not only what the Bible tells us about Dan, but also how far traditions about the territory, city, ancestor and tribe may have influenced each other. Bartusch argues that the political and theological interests reflected in the relatively late work of the Deuteronomistic Historian have cast a shadow over some earlier traditions, and that by combining social-science models and newer literary criticism with the more traditional historical-critical methodologies, the original meaning of the traditions of Dan may be recovered and clarified. The conclusion of such a study is that the Hebrew Bible as a whole does not entirely support the negative portrayal of Dan in its later traditions.

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About the Authors

Mark Bartusch is Assistant Professor of Theoloy at Valparaiso University, Indiana

Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826466575
• ISBN 13: 9780826466570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322