Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Thomas L. Thompson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367872175

ISBN 10:   036787217
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Philip R. Davies 1. The Joseph and Moses Narratives 4: Narratives about the Origins of Israel 2. Historical Notes on Israel's Conquest of Palestine: A Peasants' Rebellion 3. The Background of the Patriarchs: A Reply to William Dever and Malcolm Clark 4. Conflict Themes in the Jacob Narratives 5. History and Tradition: A Response to J. B. Geyer 6. Text, Context and Referent in Israelite Historiography 7. Palestinian Pastoralism and Israel's Origins 8. The Intellectual Matrix of Early Biblical Narrative: Inclusive Monotheism in Persian Period Palestine 9. How Yahweh Became God: Exodus 3 and 6 and the Heart of the Pentateuch 10. 4Q Testimonia and Bible Composition: a Copenhagen Lego Hypothesis 11. Why Talk About the Past? The Bible, Epic and Historiography 12. Historiography in the Pentateuch: Twenty-Five Years After Historicity 13. The Messiah Epithet in the Hebrew Bible 14. Kingship and the Wrath of God: Or Teaching Humility 15. From the Mouth of Babes, Strength: Psalm 8 and the Book of Isaiah 16. Job 29: Biography or Parable? 17. Mesha and Questions of Historicity 18. Imago Dei: A Problem in the Discourse of the Pentateuch 19. Changing Perspectives on the History of Palestine

Reviews

Author Information

Thomas L. Thompson was professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1993 to 2009, lives in Denmark, and is now a Danish citizen.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions