Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: A Textbook in History and Religion, 2nd ed.
Overview
This comprehensive textbook represents the most recent approaches to the biblical world by surveying Palestine’s social, political, economic, religious, and ecological changes between the Palaeolithic and Roman eras. Designed for beginners with little knowledge of the ancient world, and offering copious illustrations and charts, it explains how and why academic study of the past is undertaken, as well as the differences between historical and theological scholarship and the differences between ancient and modern genres of history writing. Classroom tested chapters emphasize the authenticity of the Bible as a product of an ancient culture, and the many problems with the biblical narrative as a historical source. Neither “maximalist” nor “minimalist,” it is sufficiently general to avoid confusion and to allow the assignment of supplementary readings such as biblical narratives and ancient Near Eastern texts. This new edition has been fully revised, incorporating new graphics and English translations of Near Eastern inscriptions. New material on the religiously diverse environment of Ancient Israel taking into account the latest archaeological discussions brings this book right up to date.
Key Features
- Clear and balanced window into the worlds inhabited by biblical characters
- Features numerous figures, maps, and reference tables
- Thorough examinations of key themes Near Eastern history
Contents
- Canaan and Israel: An Overview
- What Is ‘History’?
- What Was History in the Perception of the Ancients?
- Prior to the Iron Age
- The Iron Age I
- The Patron God in the Ancient Near East
- The Transitional Decades
- The Iron Age II
- Varieties of Religious Experience and Canaanite Gods
- The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
Praise for the Print Edition
Though a textbook addressed to students, this is an important book for biblical studies as a whole. After more than 40 years of crisis and debate, Noll presents here a history of ancient Canaan and Israel which is both sound and balanced. I would recommend it to all teachers in the field without reservation.
—Thomas L. Thompson, professor emeritus, University of Copenhagen
Product Details
- Title: Canaan and Israel in Antiquity: A Textbook on History and Religion
- Author: K.L. Noll
- Edition: 2nd
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 356
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Topic: Bible Backgrounds
