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The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology And The Myth Of Israel: How Writers Create a Past - Hardcover

Thompson, Thomas L.

 
9780465006229: The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology And The Myth Of Israel: How Writers Create a Past
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0465006221 ISBN 13: 9780465006229
Verlag: Basic Books, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This is a revolutionary, revisionist book on the Old Testament and the early history of the Middle East. There have been many extraordinary advances in Palestinian and biblical archaeology in recent years. This book is a synthesis of all the cutting-edge archaeology and textual studies of the last 25 years as well as studies in the history of agriculture and technology, settlement patterns, climatology, sociology, and economics. Among its startling conclusions are:1) Today we no longer have a history of Israel.2) We can no longer talk about a time of the patriarchs.3) There was never a “United Monarchy” [Saul, David, Solomon] in history and it is meaningless to speak of pre-exilic prophets and their writing.4) Israel was only a small highland patronate lying north of Jerusalem and south of the Jezreel Valley.5) The notion “Israel” and its history is a literary fiction.These conclusions are bound to set off some explosive arguments. The synthesis draws on established and widely accepted specific, scholarly work. The author's conclusions, however, are radical and new.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465006221
ISBN 13 
9780465006229
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
432
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