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The Origins of Biblical Israel (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 485) - Softcover
The book starts from the problem defined by recent archaeological discovery about the societies that formed the backbone of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, their origins and their relationship. It has become clear that the biblical notion of a 12-tribe 'nation' united by descent and religion does not correspond to these findings. The challenge is not to argue endlessly about how far the differing accounts can be reconciled, as a prolongation of an old debate about biblical 'historicity', but to try and understand what historical, social and cultural process led to the production of the biblical portrait of an Israel of 12 tribes embracing two kingdoms. Davies argues for the importance of the role of Bethel as a royal sanctuary, then a central sanctuary of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian province of Judah. In particular, the figure of Jacob as the ancestor of 'Israel', associated with Bethel, became the eponym of the biblical 'all Israel' and the name 'Israel' survived as the name of a new society, even as Jerusalem was re-established as the major, and subsequently the only, official Judaean temple.
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Review:
"Suffice it to say that Davies' hypothesis will undoubtedly stand as one of the principal proposals for solving the puzzling Israel=Judah terminological equation...He has demonstrated convincingly that ''Israel' in the Hebrew Bible is not a historical community but an identity claimed by several communities' (172)."
-Norman K. Gottwald, Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 18, 2010
About the Author:
-Norman K. Gottwald, Biblical Interpretation, Vol. 18, 2010
Philip R. Davies is Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, UK.
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- PublisherContinuum Intl Publishing Grp
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0567137619
- ISBN 13 9780567137616
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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