ABSTRACT
The idea of the Old Testament as a source of historical information was replaced by an understanding of the texts as a means for early Jewish society to interpret its past. 'Biblical Studies and the Failure of History' brings together key essays which reflect the trajectory of this scholarly shift.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |19 pages
The manumission of slaves – the fallow year – the Sabbatical Year – the Jubilee Year
1976
chapter |11 pages
Kings and clients: on loyalty between the ruler and the ruled in ancient ‘Israel'
1995
chapter |14 pages
On the problems of reconstructing pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) history
2000
chapter |18 pages
How does one date an expression of mental history? The Old Testament and Hellenism
2001