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Book Redating the Exodus and Conquest

Download or read book Redating the Exodus and Conquest written by John J. Bimson and published by Continuum. This book was released on 1981 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out of the Desert

Download or read book Out of the Desert written by William H. Stiebing and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses archaeological evidence concerning the Israelites exodus from Egypt, and explains how Biblical events have been dated.

Book The Date of the Exodus in the Light of External Evidence

Download or read book The Date of the Exodus in the Light of External Evidence written by James William Jack and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mercer Dictionary of the Bible

Download or read book Mercer Dictionary of the Bible written by Watson E. Mills and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic guide to the interpretation and understanding of biblical literature. Though written by members of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, the 1,450 original entries by some 225 contributors are diverse in viewpoint and devoid of theological prescription. They're

Book Israel in Egypt

    Book Details:
  • Author : James K. Hoffmeier
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1999-03-18
  • ISBN : 9780195130881
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Israel in Egypt written by James K. Hoffmeier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines current Egyptological evidence and argues that it supports the biblical record concerning Israel in Egypt. Drawing on evidence from recent excavations in the Nile Delta, extra-biblical texts, inscriptions, artefacts, and recent infra-red satellite photographs, he provides a reconstruction of the Israelite sojourn, defends the plausibility of the Joseph story, discusses the role of Moses in history, and traces the probable route of the Exodus itself.

Book Debt slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East

Download or read book Debt slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East written by Gregory Chirichigno and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original study concerns itself with the manumission laws of Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 15 and Leviticus 25. It begins with the social background to debt slavery and the socioeconomic factors encouraging the rise of debt slavery in Mesopotamia. After a comparative analysis of the Mesopotamian and biblical material Chirichigno examines the social background to debt slavery in Israel, the various slave laws in the Pentateuch (in order to delimit the chattel-slave laws from the debt-slave laws), and the biblical manumission laws themselves.

Book Debt Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East

Download or read book Debt Slavery in Israel and the Ancient Near East written by Gregory C. Chirichigno and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original study concerns itself with the manumission laws of Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 15 and Leviticus 25. It begins with the social background to debt slavery and the socioeconomic factors encouraging the rise of debt slavery in Mesopotamia. After a comparative analysis of the Mesopotamian and biblical material Chirichigno examines the social background to debt slavery in Israel, the various slave laws in the Pentateuch (in order to delimit the chattel-slave laws from the debt-slave laws), and the biblical manumission laws themselves.

Book Out of the Desert

    Book Details:
  • Author : William H. Stiebing
  • Publisher : Prometheus Books
  • Release : 2012-07-03
  • ISBN : 1615926887
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Out of the Desert written by William H. Stiebing and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the best-known stories in the Bible are those of Moses leading his people out of Egypt and Joshua's conquest of the Promised Land. Indeed, they form one of the cornerstones of the Judeo-Christian tradition. But is the Bible a reliable source of information for Israel's early history? Are the Exodus and Conquest actual historical events? And if they are, when and where did they occur? Out of the Desert? rigorously examines accounts of these historic events and traces the authenticity, dates, and explanations for the Israelites' departure from Egypt and subsequent conquest of Canaan. Clarifying these events in a straightforward, informative manner, Out of the Desert? includes a generous number of charts and illustrations. William H. Stiebing, Jr. places the Exodus within its cultural context during the beginning of the Iron Age (1200-1100 B.C.), a time of drought, famine and collapse of social order, which gave way to the emergence and dominance of the tribes that joined forces to become the confederation of Israel. Many conventional ideas concerning the Exodus and Conquest are radically challenged in Out of the Desert?. Stiebing's accounts of archaeological digs and rival theories make the narrative lively and engrossing; his unique insight into the field of modern archaeology provides a rare glimpse into the wonders of man's history.

Book The Bible Unearthed

    Book Details:
  • Author : Israel Finkelstein
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2002-03-06
  • ISBN : 0743223381
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book The Bible Unearthed written by Israel Finkelstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking work that sets apart fact and legend, authors Finkelstein and Silberman use significant archeological discoveries to provide historical information about biblical Israel and its neighbors. In this iconoclastic and provocative work, leading scholars Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman draw on recent archaeological research to present a dramatically revised portrait of ancient Israel and its neighbors. They argue that crucial evidence (or a telling lack of evidence) at digs in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon suggests that many of the most famous stories in the Bible—the wanderings of the patriarchs, the Exodus from Egypt, Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, and David and Solomon’s vast empire—reflect the world of the later authors rather than actual historical facts. Challenging the fundamentalist readings of the scriptures and marshaling the latest archaeological evidence to support its new vision of ancient Israel, The Bible Unearthed offers a fascinating and controversial perspective on when and why the Bible was written and why it possesses such great spiritual and emotional power today.

Book The Compact Handbook of Old Testament Life

Download or read book The Compact Handbook of Old Testament Life written by John J. Bimson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For anyone wanting an overview of daily life in the Old Testament Palestine, [this book] is made to order. Based on the most recent data from scholars and archeologist, author John Bimson has brought together a wealth of interesting, informative and understandable facts that help the reader come to a vital understanding of the Old Testament world and its message for us today"--Page 4 of cover.

Book Exodus

    Book Details:
  • Author : William G. Dever
  • Publisher : Eisenbrauns
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book Exodus written by William G. Dever and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1997 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few events have shaped Jewish and Christian tradition more than the Exodus from Egypt - and few have been as controversial for historians. The emphasis in the past has been on understanding the Exodus in light of Israelite history and Israelite origins. This book - a collection of six papers given at a conference at Brown University - looks at new evidence of the Exodus: the Egyptian evidence.

Book The Handbook of Biblical Chronology

Download or read book The Handbook of Biblical Chronology written by Jack Finegan and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been skipping over references to time in the Bible because they seem too confusing? Jack Finegan's Handbook of Biblical Chronology clarifies those ancient systems of time reckoning and the biblical passages that use them. Part 1 describes the origins of basic units of time and surveys the calendars used in the ancient Near East through the Roman era. Part 2 discusses major periods of the Old Testament, as well as the lives of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Apostles Peter and Paul. This thoroughly revised edition includes a number of improvements over the classic 1964 edition. The text has been updated, expanded, and retypeset. It features more than 190 helpful tables (including 43 new ones), new sections, new datings, full subject and Scripture indexes, a detailed table of contents, and updated bibliographies.

Book Dictionary of the Old Testament  Pentateuch

Download or read book Dictionary of the Old Testament Pentateuch written by T DESMOND ALEXANDER and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 1521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, it informs and challenges its readers with authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.

Book The World and the Word

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eugene H. Merrill
  • Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 0805440313
  • Pages : 642 pages

Download or read book The World and the Word written by Eugene H. Merrill and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three esteemed Old Testament professors introduce students to the first eighty percent of the Bible-freshly illuminating the text as a rich source of theology and doctrine packed with practical principles for modern times.

Book The Language and Imagery of the Bible

Download or read book The Language and Imagery of the Bible written by George Bradford Caird and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This recent classic by G.B. Caird explores a host of linguistic principles related to language usage and meaning and points to the way these principles ought to be applied to a reading of the English Bible.

Book The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest

Download or read book The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest written by John H. Walton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical Foundations Award Winner Holy warfare is the festering wound on the conscience of Bible-believing Christians. Of all the problems the Old Testament poses for our modern age, this is the one we want to avoid in mixed company. But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? Did Israel slaughter Canaanites at God's command? Were they enforcing divine retribution on an unholy people? These texts shock. And we turn the page. But have we rightly understood them? In The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest, John Walton and J. Harvey Walton take us on an archaeological dig, excavating the layers of translation and interpretation that over time have encrusted these texts and our perceptions. What happens when we take new approaches, frame new questions? When we weigh again their language and rhetoric? Were the Canaanites punished for sinning against the covenanting God? Does the Hebrew word herem mean "devote to destruction"? How are the Canaanites portrayed and why? And what happens when we backlight these texts with their ancient context? The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest keenly recalibrates our perception and reframes our questions. While not attempting to provide all the answers, it offers surprising new insights and clears the ground for further understanding. The books in the Lost World Series follow the pattern set by Bible scholar John H. Walton, bringing a fresh, close reading of the Hebrew text and knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature to an accessible discussion of the biblical topic at hand using a series of logic-based propositions.

Book Israel in Egypt

    Book Details:
  • Author : James K. Hoffmeier
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1999-03-18
  • ISBN : 0199881014
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Israel in Egypt written by James K. Hoffmeier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of the Hebrew Bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, as described in the book of Exodus. The reason for the rejection of the exodus tradition is said to be the lack of historical and archaeological evidence in Egypt. Those advancing these claims, however, are not specialists in the study of Egyptian history, culture, and archaeology. In this pioneering book, James Hoffmeier examines the most current Egyptological evidence and argues that it supports the biblical record concerning Israel in Egypt.