| Writing the History of Israel Contributor(s): Banks, Diane Nunn (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567026620 ISBN-13: 9780567026620 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 221.950 |
| LCCN: 2006007721 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.23 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No biblical historian is included in the standard dictionaries of historians. Banks study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in university departments of history. She argues that while the influence of the profession of writing history is apparent, there are countervailing forces as well. The presupposition that the Bible is a book of history conditions the outcome of historical research in biblical studies. Banks argues that Julius Wellhausens history of Israel set in motion the general tendency toward ever greater congruence between historiography in biblical studies and in academic departments of history; that the initial tension caused by Wellhausens work produced a reaction which effectively stalled the movement toward accommodation between secular, academic history and biblical studies; and that a new generation of scholars applying the methods used by secular historians has revived and continued the tendency to promote the practice of secular, academic historiography in biblical studies. Banks applies her method to Wellhausen, Martin Noth, John Bright, and Thomas Thompson. |