Understanding Dan: An Exegetical Study of a Biblical City, Tribe and Ancestor: v.379 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Bartusch, Mark Walter

 
9780826466570: Understanding Dan: An Exegetical Study of a Biblical City, Tribe and Ancestor: v.379 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0826466575 ISBN 13: 9780826466570
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2003

Synopsis

This book investigates the Dan/Danite tradition in the Hebrew Bible to determine not only what the Bible tells us about Dan, but also how far traditions about the territory, city, ancestor and tribe may have influenced each other. Bartusch argues that the political and theological interests reflected in the relatively late work of the Deuteronomistic Historian have cast a shadow over some earlier traditions, and that by combining social-science models and newer literary criticism with the more traditional historical-critical methodologies, the original meaning of the traditions of Dan may be recovered and clarified. The conclusion of such a study is that the Hebrew Bible as a whole does not entirely support the negative portrayal of Dan in its later traditions.

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About the Author

Mark Bartusch is Assistant Professor of Theoloy at Valparaiso University, Indiana

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Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826466575
ISBN 13 
9780826466570
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
322