Full Description
This book is a sequel to Biblical Historiography and Historical Geography; published in 1998. It comprises further studies in the field of biblical historiography, literary history of the biblical historical narratives and the quest for their veracity. They rely on a study of the tangible data of territorial history and the testimony elicited from the patterned historical concepts that figure in the texts. This line of research is based on a historical evaluation of literary testimonies interrelated with the archaeological evidence and regional history.
Contents
Contents: Studies in biblical sources relating to the field of territorial history - The process of settlement - Epical expressions of historical traditions - Stylized formulations as a guide to literary history - Scribal tradition and scribal rules - Political and ideological doctrines in historical writing - The process from motif to composition as a guide to literary history.
