In Search of History : Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History

by: van Seters, J.

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 In search of history : historiography in the ancient world and the origins of Biblical history

Authors:John Van Seters, Mazal Holocaust Collection

Summary:"This wide-ranging book compares biblical history writing in Israel with a vast corpus of ancient Greek and Near Eastern historiographic texts

xiii, 399 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Early Greek historiography
3. Mesopotamian historiography
4. Hittite historiography
5. Egyptian historiography
6. Texts and inscriptions of the Levant
7. Israelite historiography
8. Historiography in the books of Samuel
9. Structure, genre, and theme in the books of Kings
10. The Deuteronomist from Joshua to Samuel
11. Conclusions

In Search of History : Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History

by: van Seters, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780300028775 / 978-0-300-02877-5
• ISBN-03: 0300028776 / 0-300-02877-6
• Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1983

Price: 39,00 EURO

1 copy in stock