Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical TextEisenbrauns, 2005 - 298 páginas During the past two or three decades, the value of the text of the Hebrew Bible as a testimony to the history of Israel has come under siege. As the date of the final form of the text has been pushed later and later, often into the Hellenistic era, the text has been devalued accordingly: what is "late" is viewed as having less value. At the same time, the connection between the text and extratextual information, particularly from archaeology, has been rendered less and less clear by both archaeological investigation itself and an increasing inability to connect text and artifact, or to do so compellingly. Some of the foremost scholars who have argued that the biblical text contributes little to historical research have come from Copenhagen. Now, from Copenhagen, Jens Bruun Kofoed steps forward to address the methodological issues that must lie behind the use of the biblical text and its validation as a source for historical information. In this volume, he sets out the methodological stepping stones necessary to an honest use of the biblical text and, through discussion of presuppositions underlying various methodologies and by evaluating specific test cases, shows (among other things) that "lateness" of the extant text by itself is not a charge that reduces the text's value as a source of historical information; that taking modern genre research and authorial intent into account opens new vistas for evaluating the historiographical reliability of ancient texts; and that a way forward from the current impasse is possible." |
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... First Historians 221 Historiography or Antiquarianism 227 A New Approach 235 Narrative or Non-narrative 235 Focalization 237 Chronological Limits 238 Chronological Arrangement 239 Subject Matter 240 Synthesis 242 The Documentary Level ...
... first course on ancient Israel's history, they had established what has been called the Copenhagen School. In a retrospective assessment, one must admit that both Thompson and Lemche were avant-garde in drawing the logical conclusions ...
... First of all, I want to mention Professors Alan Millard and Kenneth Kitchen, who were of immense help during my studies at the University of Liverpool in the academic year 1999– 2000 and have continued to offer their assistance since I ...
... first imposes itself on us. We grow to self- consciousness gradually through images and interpretations. And just as we are constituted by an unconscious world or myth, the process of becoming conscious is that of a world or myth ...
... first and foremost on economic conjunctures , climatic changes , and sociological 12. Cf. Barstad , “ History and the Hebrew Bible , " 50–51 . 13. Finn Collin and Bo Jacobsen , “ Kritisk rationalisme og paradigmer , ” in Humanis- tisk ...
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Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text Jens Bruun Kofoed Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text Jens Bruun Kofoed Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |