Biblical Narratives, Archaeology and Historicity: Essays In Honour of Thomas L. Thompson

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This volume collects essays from an international body of leading scholars in Old Testament studies, focused upon the key concepts of the question of historicity of biblical stories, the archaeology of Israel/Palestine during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and the nature of biblical narratives and related literature. As a celebration of the extensive body of Thomas L. Thompsons work, these essays enable a threefold perspective on biblical narratives. Beginning with method, the contributors discuss archaeology, cultural memory, epistemology, and sociology of knowledge, before moving to history, historiography and archaeology and close analysis of the Qumran Writings, Josephus and biblical rewritings. Finally the argument turn to the narratives themselves, exploring topics including the possibility of invented myth, the genre of Judges and the depiction of Moses in the Quran. Presenting an interdisciplinary analysis of the historical issues concerning ancient Israel/Palestine, this volume creates an updated body of reference to fifty years worth of scholarship.

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Lukasz Niesiolowski-Span is Associate Professor in the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Emanuel Pfoh is Assistant Professor at the National University of La Plata, Argentina.