The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Ancient Israel
, by Niditch, SusanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780470656778 | 0470656778
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/26/2016
The Companion to Ancient Israel offers an innovative overview of ancient Israelite culture and history, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields. Distinguished scholars provide original contributions that explore the tradition in all its complexity, multiplicity and diversity.
- A methodologically sophisticated overview of ancient Israelite culture that provides insights into political and social history, culture, and methodology
- Explores what we can say about the cultures and history of the people of Israel and Judah, but also investigates how we know what we know
- Presents fresh insights, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields
- Delves into ‘religion as lived,’ an approach that asks about the everyday lives of ordinary people and the material cultures that they construct and experience
- Each essay is an original contribution to the subject