Prelude to Israel's past
background and beginnings of Israelite history and identity
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Author
Publication
1998 - Hendrickson, Peabody, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL381026M
- ISBN-101565633431
- OCLC Control Number39860093
- OCLC Control Numberpreludetoisraels00lemc
- Library of Congress Control Number98043291
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1674424
- Goodreads2271756
Classifications
- DDC221.9/5
- LCCBS1235.2 .L36 1996
Description
In Prelude to Israel's Past, Lemche examines the nature and function of Old Testament historical narrative. Is the biblical narrative a reliable source of historical knowledge? Or does it have a literary and theological life of its own - proclaiming a truth that cannot be contested because it recounts "events" that happened once upon a time? Lemche explores these questions from two directions. First, he analyzes the biblical narratives from Abraham to Moses and demonstrates that these narratives are literature, not documents written by professional historians. Second, he compares the biblical portrait of the patriarchs with what we know about this period from other ancient sources. He urges that the Bible continues to guide and console a believing people not because it is a historically accurate record of past events but because its living stories recount a truth unfettered by time and culture.
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