ABSTRACT

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel demonstrates how the historian can start to piece together the history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a source.

chapter |7 pages

INTRODUCTION

The new biblical historiography

chapter 1|12 pages

DEFINING HISTORY, IDEOLOGY AND LITERATURE

chapter 2|28 pages

CHRONICLES AS A MODEL FOR BIBLICAL HISTORY

chapter 3|14 pages

THE TYPOLOGIES OF GENESIS

chapter 4|17 pages

DEUTERONOMY AS INTERPRETATION

chapter 5|12 pages

THE EHUD STORY AS SATIRE

chapter 6|21 pages

IDEOLOGY IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL

chapter 7|23 pages

TEXT IN A TEL

2 Kings 17 as history