Israel's Past: Studies on History and Religion in Ancient Israel and Judah
is a collection of essays by Bible Scholar Bob Becking. In this collection, Becking gives an insight into the problems that we encounter when we try to (re)construct events from Israel's past.
Clarifying Israel's past
On the one hand, the Hebrew Bible is a biased source, on the other hand, the data provided by archaeology and extra-biblical texts are constrained and sometimes contradictory. Discussing a set of examples, Becking applies fundamental insight from the philosophy of history to clarify Israel's past.
- Title: Israel's Past: Studies on History and Religion in Ancient Israel and Judah
- Author: Bob Becking
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- ISBN: 9783110717266