Biblical History and Israel’s Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History

Moore, Megan Bishop; Kelle, Brad E.

ISBN 10: 0802862608 / ISBN 13: 9780802862600

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biblical History and Israel?s Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802862608
• ISBN 13: 9780802862600
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Although scholars have for centuries primarily been interested in using the study of ancient Israel to explain, illuminate, and clarify the biblical story, Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle describe how scholars today seek more and more to tell the story of the past on its own terms, drawing from both biblical and extrabiblical sources to illuminate ancient Israel and its neighbors without privileging the biblical perspective.

Biblical History and Israel’s Past provides a comprehensive survey of how study of the Old Testament and the history of Israel has changed since the middle of the twentieth century. Moore and Kelle discuss significant trends in scholarship, trace the development of ideas since the 1970s, and summarize major scholars, viewpoints, issues, and developments.

About the Authors

Megan Bishop Moore is visiting assistant professor of religion at Wake Forest University. She is also author of Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel.

Brad E. Kelle is professor of Old Testament at Point Loma Nazarene Unversity. His other books include Hosea 2: Metaphor and Rhetoric in Historical Perspective.