The Making of Israel

Cultural Diversity in the Southern Levant and the Formation of Ethnic Identity in Deuteronomy
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-27467-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 162, 12 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns to the exilic and post-exilic periods as well as scholarship which limits pre-exilic identity concerns to Josianic nationalism. The argument analyses the archaeological material from the southern Levant during Iron Age II, then draws on anthropological research to argue for an ethnic response to the economic, political and cultural change of this period. The volume concludes with an investigation into identity issues in Deuteronomy, highlighting centralisation and exclusive Yahwism as part of the deuteronomic formulation of Israelite ethnic identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crouch, C L

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

C.L. Crouch, D.Phil. (2009), is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Nottingham and author of War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East (2009) as well as articles on Genesis, Deuteronomy and the prophetic books.