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Between evidence and ideology : essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lincoln, July 2009 / - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2011. - xiv, 234 pages. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Oudtestamentische studiën = Old Testament studies, v. 59. 0169-7226 ; . - Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 59. .

Includes indexes.

David between ideology and evidence / Bob Becking -- Mercator in the wilderness : Numbers 33 / John R. Bartlett -- Origins of Israel between history and ideology / Meindert Dijkstra -- The case of the corrupting consensus / Lester L. Grabbe -- Hasidisms and their militant ideologies : 1 and 2 Maccabees, Psalms 144 and 149 / Harm van Grol -- The Old Testament as a diachronic corpus / Marinus Koster -- Pharaoh Shishak's invasion of Palestine and the Exodus from Egypt / Andrew Mayes -- The Greek Esthers and the search for history : some preliminary observations / Jill Middlemass -- Does archaeology really deserve the status of a 'high court' in biblical historical research? / Nadav Na'aman -- Prophecy and history in the book of Judges / Klaas Spronk -- Resisting the past : ancient Israel in Western memory / Keith W. Whitelam.

ISBN: 9789004187375 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004187375 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010037332

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.
Bible.--Old Testament--Historiography--Congresses.
Bible.--Old Testament--History of Biblical events--Congresses.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--History--To 70 A.D.--Congresses.
Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: BS1171.3 / .J65 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 221.9/5