Description |
1 online resource (xx, 303 pages) |
Series |
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 368 |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 368.
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Contents |
Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 324 |
Summary |
After Jerusalem, Bethel is the most frequently cited sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a detailed analysis of Bethel and its sanctuary from archaeological and biblical evidence. It reconstructs the history of Bethel and by analysing the presence of pro- and anti-Bethel propaganda, it argues that the latter, with its own pro-Jerusalem/Judah bias, has resulted in an unfair denigration of Bethel as an idolatrous place of worship. The study suggests that Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians. Hence, Bethel in a real sense was the principal means of configuring Israelite identity |
Analysis |
Ancient history |
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Bethel (Israel) |
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Israel |
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antiquity |
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sanctum |
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state cult |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-286) and index |
SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
Subject |
Jewish shrines -- West Bank -- Baytīn -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Jewish shrines
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SUBJECT |
Baytīn -- History -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Subject |
West Bank -- Baytīn
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783110925180 |
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3110925184 |
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