TY - BOOK AU - Neusner,Jacob AU - Chilton,Bruce AU - Green,William Scott TI - Historical knowledge in biblical antiquity SN - 9781905679003 (pbk.) AV - BS621 .H55 2007 U1 - 220.95 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Blandford Forum PB - Deo Pub. KW - Bible KW - Antiquities KW - Evidences, authority, etc KW - History of contemporary events KW - Geschiedschrijving KW - gtt KW - Bijbel KW - Joodse literatuur N1 - 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 ER -