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Title: Memories of Ancient Israel: An Introduction to Biblical History - Ancient and Modern By: Phillip R. Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press Publication Date: 2008 | Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches) Weight: 10 ounces ISBN: 0664232884 ISBN-13: 9780664232887 Stock No: WW232887 |
Recent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient Israel and Judah. The scholarly world has also witnessed an intense confrontation between so-called minimalists and maximalists over the correct approach to the historicity of the Bible. Memories of Ancient Israel looks at the issues at stake in biblical history--the ideologies involved, the changing role of archaeology, and the influence of cultural contexts both ancient and modern. Philip Davies suggests a different way of defining the problem of "reliability" and "historicity" by employing the theory of cultural memory. In doing so, he provides a better explanation of how ancient societies constructed their past but also a penetrating insight into the ideological underpinnings of today's scholarly debates.
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