Preface; List of abbreviations; Illustration: Verso of the Narmer Palette; INTRODUCTION: "THE UNDERPINNINGS"; STAGE ONE: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CONQUEST ACCOUNTS; STAGE TWO: ISRAELITE CONQUEST ACCOUNTS; STAGE THREE: SYNTHESIS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX; INDEX
Summary
Works on Old Testament historiography, the 'Conquest', and the origins of ancient Israel have burgeoned in recent days. But while others have been issuing new reconstructions this novel work presents a close reading of the biblical text. The focus is on the literary techniques that ancient writers employed in narrating stories of conquest, and the aim is to pinpoint their communicative intentions in their own contexts. This reading is enhanced by engagement with the important discipline of the philosophy of history. Ancient Conquest accounts, replete with extensive quotations from Assyrian, Hi
Analysis
Middle East Middle Eastern historiography, ancient period
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358) and index
