An edition of The Mythic Past (1999)

The mythic past

biblical archaeology and the myth of Israel

1st U.S. ed.
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An edition of The Mythic Past (1999)

The mythic past

biblical archaeology and the myth of Israel

1st U.S. ed.
  • 4.00 ·
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"The Mythic Past is the first accessible overview and synthesis of two decades of scholarship on various aspects of early Palestine history - linguistic, economic, agricultural, and archaeological.

While its controversial conclusion - that the Old Testament offers absolutely no historical evidence for the early history of Israel - will surely draw fire from conservative Jews, Catholics, and Evangelicals alike, the author's insistence on the Old Testament as a great collection of literature offers refreshing new ways to read it.

By separating the Bible from history, we are not getting rid of the Bible; instead, we are reading it as it was meant to be read - as stories and legends, as some of the world's most beautiful poetry, pious, lyrical, and erotic, as epic narratives and wondrous folktales, often stunningly profound and evocative, as romances and adventure stories both moralistic and sentimental."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
412

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The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel
May 1, 2000, Basic Books
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Cover of: The mythic past
The mythic past: biblical archaeology and the myth of Israel
1999, Basic Books
in English - 1st U.S. ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xvii]-xix) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
221.9
Library of Congress
BS1197 .T45 1999, BS1171.2 .T56 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 412 p. :
Number of pages
412

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL81266M
Internet Archive
mythicpastbiblic00thom_0
ISBN 10
0465006221
LCCN
99186293
OCLC/WorldCat
41237958
Library Thing
455766
Goodreads
1895864

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