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Historical knowledge in biblical antiquity / edited by Jacob Neusner, Bruce D. Chilton, William Scott Green.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Blandford Forum : Deo Pub., c2007.Description: xiv, 433 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781905679003 (pbk.)
  • 1905679009 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.95 22
LOC classification:
  • BS621 .H55 2007
Other classification:
  • 11.33
  • 15.51
Contents:
The task of history for ancient Israel / Bruce Chilton -- Does history matter? Meaning-making and the first two Greek historians / Carolyn Dewald -- Are the Dead Sea scrolls historical texts? / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- History-writing in, and on the basis of, the Jewish apocalyptic literature / George W.E. Nickelsburg -- Encountering the past through the works of Flavius Josephus / Steve Mason -- The idea of history in rabbinic Judaism: what kinds of questions did the ancient rabbis answer? / Jacob Neusner -- Interpreting legal history in the Mishnaic division of agriculture / Alan J. Avery-Peck -- Archaeology and history: what archaeology can show about ethnic and religious regions in ancient Galilee / Mordechai Aviam (with William Scott Green) -- In search of Jesus: issues of character / Bruce Chilton -- Paul's thought and life / Bruce Chilton -- James, Jesus' brother, and history / Bruce Chilton -- Mary Magdalene and history / Bruce Chilton -- Paul and Gamaliel / Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner -- Historical questions and questioning history: can we write a history of Judaism in late antiquity? / Gary G. Porton -- Different ways of looking at truth / William Scott Green.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The task of history for ancient Israel / Bruce Chilton -- Does history matter? Meaning-making and the first two Greek historians / Carolyn Dewald -- Are the Dead Sea scrolls historical texts? / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- History-writing in, and on the basis of, the Jewish apocalyptic literature / George W.E. Nickelsburg -- Encountering the past through the works of Flavius Josephus / Steve Mason -- The idea of history in rabbinic Judaism: what kinds of questions did the ancient rabbis answer? / Jacob Neusner -- Interpreting legal history in the Mishnaic division of agriculture / Alan J. Avery-Peck -- Archaeology and history: what archaeology can show about ethnic and religious regions in ancient Galilee / Mordechai Aviam (with William Scott Green) -- In search of Jesus: issues of character / Bruce Chilton -- Paul's thought and life / Bruce Chilton -- James, Jesus' brother, and history / Bruce Chilton -- Mary Magdalene and history / Bruce Chilton -- Paul and Gamaliel / Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner -- Historical questions and questioning history: can we write a history of Judaism in late antiquity? / Gary G. Porton -- Different ways of looking at truth / William Scott Green.

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