A Biblical History of Israel

Provan, Iain, Long, V. Philips, Longman III, Tremper

ISBN 10: 0664220908 / ISBN 13: 9780664220907

Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Biblical History of Israel
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0664220908
• ISBN 13: 9780664220907
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for reconstructing Israel's history. In Part One, the authors set the volume in context and review past and current scholarly debate about learning Israel's history, negating arguments against using the Bible as the central source. In Part Two, they seek to retell the history itself with an eye to all the factors explored in Part One.

About the Authors

Iain Provan is the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

V. Philips Long is Professor of Old Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Tremper Longman III is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.