From Conquest to Coexistence

Ideology and Antiquarian Intent in the Historiography of Israel’s Settlement in Canaan
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-19480-9
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 694 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1267 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

Current research on ancient historiography concentrates on the relation between history and ideology, while the archaeology of the Southern Levant is more and more viewed as a discipline of its own. What happens when these new directions are applied to the historiography of Israel’s settlement in Canaan?

This study offers a fresh analysis of scholarly debate, a synchronic and diachronic reading of Joshua 9:1—13:7, and a critical evaluation of all the relevant archaeological evidence. This leads to a new historical picture of the Late Bronze – Iron Age transition in the Cisjordanian Southern Levant and to the fascinating conclusion that it was the ideology of the Israelite scribes reworking this episode that instigated them to explore their antiquarian intent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bekkum, Koert van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
I TEXT AND ARTEFACT
Chapter 1 – Historiography and Settlement Debate
II MONOLOGUE OF TEXT
Chapter 2 – Translation and Annotation
Chapter 3 - Kings, Peoples, and their Lands
Chapter 4 – Covenant, Execution, and Elimination
Chapter 5 – Joshua 9:1—13:7 and its Literary Development
III MONOLOGUE OF ARTEFACT
Chapter 6 – Joshua 9:1—13:7 and Archaeology
IV DIALOGUE OF TEXT AND ARTEFACT
Chapter 7 – Joshua 9:1—13:7 as Historiography
Epilogue
Appendix I – Hebrew text of Joshua 9:1—13:7
Appendix II – Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Koert van Bekkum, PhD. (2010) Theologische Universiteit, Kampen, is assistant editor-in-chief of the Nederlands Dagblad, a nationwide Christian newspaper in the Netherlands. He also participates in the research group Biblical Studies and Languages of the Theological Universities in Kampen and Apeldoorn.