Biblical History and Israel’s Past
The Changing Study of the Bible and History
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2011
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Publisher's Description
Although scholars have for centuries primarily been interested in using the study of ancient Israel to explain, illuminate, and clarify the biblical story, Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle describe how scholars today seek more and more to tell the story of the past on its own terms, drawing from both biblical and extrabiblical sources to illuminate ancient Israel and its neighbors without privileging the biblical perspective. Biblical History and Israel’s Past provides a comprehensive survey of how study of the Old Testament and the history of Israel has changed since the middle of the twentieth century. Moore and Kelle discuss significant trends in scholarship, trace the development of ideas since the 1970s, and summarize major scholars, viewpoints, issues, and developments.
Endorsements (3)
“This excellent, comprehensive, and well-written volume will be an invaluable aid to students and an indispensable reference for scholars.”
“The rapidly changing scenario of ‘biblical history’ is certainly in need of a clear, balanced, and comprehensive explanation. This book fills that requirement, providing a first-class resource for the scholar and the student, and I can recommend no better book for a new generation of biblical historians. Biblical History and Israel’s Past will not be sitting on my bookshelf. It will lie permanently on my desk. . . . A splendid achievement.”
“In this highly readable and remarkably comprehensive study, Megan Moore and Brad Kelle have put in their debt all biblical scholars, whether or not they are specialists in the study of ancient and/or biblical history. The book is a one-stop shop in the changing state of the study of Israel’s past since 1970, but it also includes Moore and Kelle’s own judicious commentary and prognostications for the future. This volume is not to be missed!”
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