Second Temple Studies IV: Historiography and History

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The book represents the collection of the papers presented at the 2004 SBL sessions for the section, Social-Scientific Studies of the Second Temple period, the purpose of which was to create understanding about current historiography as it relates to biblical studies and ancient Israel amidst diverging academic trends. Papers and responses sought to avoid polemics while concurrently bringing to clarification methodological practices of prominent historians in an effort to move beyond hortatory polemics. Those writing papers were asked to specify their own methodology and the assumptions and philosophy underlying their methodology in an effort to create understanding for the audience. Respondents to the papers met two requests - to summarize the methodology of the paper and to respond to the methodology, philosophy, and presuppositions of the historian.

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Summarized. * New Testament Abstracts *
The book would be of interest to scholars keeping up with current issues in historiography, and general readers trying to grasp why biblical scholars seem to have such divergent views on the relationship between the Bible and history. The books dialectic coverage stands directly on the main arteries of todays historiography issues in Second Temple studies. -- Lindsey Arielle Askin, University of Cambridge * Reviews in Religion and Theology *

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Alice Hunt is President of Chicago Theological Seminary.