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Gibeah: The Search for a Biblical City
Contributor(s): Arnold, Patrick M. (Author)
ISBN: 0567402126     ISBN-13: 9780567402127
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
OUR PRICE:   $47.47  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient - General
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
Dewey: 933
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.64 lbs) 200 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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This work is a cross-disciplinary study of Israel's first 'capital city' from topographical, archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives. Challenging William F. Albright's claim that the ancient city is to be identified with Tell el-Ful, the book develops the case for a location instead at modern Jeba, 9 km north-east of Jerusalem, a site-change that bears important consequences for several scholarly theories relating to Gibeah. Among these are the inquest into the historicity and literary composition of the story of the 'Outrage of Gibeah' (Judg. 19-21) and the origins and nature of Saul's kingship (1 Sam. 9-15). Both of these texts are treated thoroughly as preparation for a concluding investigation into the meaning of the prophet Hosea's references to Israel's sins 'in the days of Gibeah'.