{"product_id":"the-archaeology-of-ancient-israelite-knowledge-paperback-softback-9780253062123","title":"The Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253062123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert S. Kawashima (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253062123\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany biblicists have compared ancient literatures to illuminate the Bible, but Robert Kawashima is arguably the main modern scholar to use the Hebrew Bible as a foundational text for comparative literature itself. From his groundbreaking first book, on how and why the Hebrew Bible presents the ancient Mediterranean's first extended works of imaginative prose, to regular publications in journals, he avoids simply applying preexisting interpretive techniques. Instead, his \u003ci\u003eArchaeologyof Ancient Israelite Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new kind of comparative history of ancient literature and, astonishingly, often succeed\u003ci\u003es.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Seth Sanders- University of California (Journal of Religion)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge \u003c\/i\u003ereconstructs in carefully researched detail the worldview of the ancient Israelites writers responsible for the Hebrew Bible. What was the role of God in their lives? How did they see the relationship between God, nature, and themselves? Contrary to prevailing scholarly understanding, Robert Kawashima argues that the ancient Israelites saw God in a radically different way than the peoples around them. God no longer interconnected everything—humans, nature—but became seen as sharply separated from nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElegantly written and powerfully argued, \u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone wanting to grasp the Hebrew Bible and the ancient world that gave rise to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. The Early History of \"God\"\u003cbr\u003e3. The House of God\u003cbr\u003e4. The Discovery of the Self in Israelite Literature\u003cbr\u003e5. Alienation and the Tragic Adventure of Biblical History\u003cbr\u003e6. From Autochton to Alien\u003cbr\u003e7. The Dawn of Apocalypticism\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525493387544,"sku":"9780253062123","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-archaeology-of-ancient-israelite-knowledge-paperback-softback-9780253062123","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}