"A Continuum imprint." Seventeen essays which were originally papers delivered to the Oxford Old Testament seminar between January 2001 and June 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Hebrew poetic structure as a basis for dating / Terry Fenton. Was there an exodus? / Graham Davies -- Back to basics: a holistic approach to the problem of the emergence of Ancient Israel / Anthony J. Frendo -- Histories and non-histories of Ancient Israel: the question of the united monarchy / William G. Dever -- Dating the 'succession narrative' / John Barton -- The date of the Yahwist / J.A. Emerton -- Was there a social crisis in the Eighth Century? / Walter Houston -- In search of post-exilic Israel: Samaria after the fall of the Northern Kingdom / Gary N. Knoppers -- In search of the pre-exilic Isaiah / H.G.M. Williamson -- Jeremiah before the exile? / David J. Reimer -- How many pre-exilic Psalms are there? / John Day -- How much wisdom literature has its roots in the pre-exilic period? / Katherine J. Dell -- Is the Covenant Code an exilic composition? A response to John Van Seters / Bernard M. Levinson -- Yahweh's Asherah, inclusive monotheism and the question of dating / B.A. Mastin -- Mesopotamian sources and pre-exilic Israel / Hebrew and West Semitic inscriptions and pre-exilic Israel / Andre Lemaire -- Hebrew poetic structure as a basis for dating / Terry Fenton.
Series:
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 406
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