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1 online resource ([300] pages) |
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The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Priestly chronology of the world; 2.1 Pre-Abrahamic chronology; 2.2 Post-Abrahamic chronology; 2.3 Priestly ideology and the date of P; 3 The Deuteronomistic chronology of Israel; 3.1 Pre-Priestly chronological schematism; 3.2 Deuteronomistic chronology: formation and development; 3.2.1 Judges and Samuel; 3.2.2 Kings; 4 The original chronology of the book of Kings; 4.1 Problems and solutions; 4.2 Internal evidence of pre-schematic chronology; 4.2.1 From the division of the kingdom to Jehu''s revolt |
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4.2.2 From Jehu''s revolt to the fall of Samaria4.2.3 From the fall of Samaria to the Babylonian exile; 5 The historical chronology of Israel and Judah; 5.1 Calendars and dating systems; 5.2 A historical reconstruction of Israelite and Judean chronology; 5.2.1 From the division of the kingdom to Jehu''s revolt; 5.2.2 From Jehu''s revolt to the fall of Samaria; 5.2.3 From the fall of Samaria to the Babylonian exile; 6 From P to Ussher; 6.1 Revised Biblical chronologies; 6.1.1 MT; 6.1.2 SP; 6.1.3 LXX; 6.2 Postbiblical chronologies; 6.2.1 Jewish chronologies; 6.2.2 Christian chronologies |
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7 ConclusionAppendix A: Biblical chronological data; A.1 Priestly chronology: from creation to the foundation of the second temple; A.2 Deuteronomistic chronology: from the settlement to the Babylonian exile; Appendix B: Chronological data in Josephus; B.1 From the exodus to the foundation of the temple; B.2 Judean kings: from David''s accession to the Babylonian exile; B.3 Israelite kings: from the division of the kingdom to the fall of Samaria; Appendix C: Mesopotamian chronology (first millennium); C.1 Kings of Assyria; C.2 Babylonian rulers; C.3 Persian rulers |
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Appendix D: Israelite-Judean chronologyD. 1 Kings of Israel; D.2 Kings of Judah; D.3 Synchronistic table: from the division of the kingdom to the fall of Samaria; Appendix E: Babylonian/Jewish month names; Bibliography; 1 Ancient texts; 2 Modern authors; Index of ancient text references; Index of subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Index of modern authors; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z |
| Summary |
This book is concerned primarily with the chronology of the Hebrew Bible in its various textual forms. The central thesis is that these chronologies are essentially schematic and may be seen as mythical expressions of a belief that human history is ordered according to a divine plan |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- History of Biblical events
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Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092 |
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History of Biblical events.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0567629309 |
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9780567629302 |
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