34 research outputs found
Review Article: Anthropology and the Biblical Exile
Over the past three decades there have been a few attempts to use social anthropology to explore the Old Testament (OT) and interdisciplinary studies of this sort are now becoming more mainstream. Historical and archaeological data concerning ancient societies are necessarily limited in scope, and anthropological comparisons may offer insights into historical peoples who cannot be observed. This article discusses recent trends in post-exilic studies, in particular those appealing to anthropology
Christopher BEGG, Josephus' Account of the Early Divided Monarchy (AJ 8,212-420). Rewriting the Bible (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 108), Leuven University Press/Peeters, Leuven 1993, ix and 377 pp., paperback BEF 2400.-. ISBN 90 6186 536 0 (Leuven University); 90 6831 506 4 (Peeters)
Jonathan J. PRICE, Jerusalem Under Siege. The Collapse of the Jewish State 66-70 C.E. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, 3), E. J. Brill, Leiden-New York-Köln, 1992, xiv and 361 pp., cloth Dfl. 160.--/US$ 91.43. ISBN 90 04 09471 7
Strengthening Biblical Historicity vis-Ă -vis Minimalism, 1992-2008 and Beyond, Part 2.2: The Literature of Perspective, Critique, and Methodology, Second Half
This series of articles covers scholarly works in English which can, at least potentially, be associated with a generally positive view of biblical historicity regarding periods preceding the Israelites’ return from exile. Part 2 covers works that treat the methodological issues at the center of the maximalist–minimalist debate. Parts 3–5 will cover works on evidences.
This article completes the coverage, begun in the preceding article, of works that are neither maximalist nor minimalist, by treating select publications of Anthony J. Frendo, Nadav Na’aman, Israel Finkelstein, Andrew G. Vaughn, Baruch Halpern, Robert D. Miller II, and H. G. M. Williamson.
It then discusses works on methodology by authors who espouse biblical historicity unless it is proven wrong, who are often called maximalists. It introduces these through the comments of Craig G. Bartholomew, then treats select works by Kenneth A. Kitchen, Jens Bruun Kofoed, Richard E. Averbeck, Iain W. Provan, V. Philips Long, and James K. Hoffmeier