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Author Gomes, Jules

Title The sanctuary of Bethel and the configuration of Israelite identity / Jules F. Gomes
Published Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 303 pages)
Series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 368
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 368.
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
Bethel (Israel)
Israel
antiquity
sanctum
state cult
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-286) and index
SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Jewish shrines -- West Bank -- Baytīn -- History -- To 1500
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
Jewish shrines
SUBJECT Baytīn -- History -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Subject West Bank -- Baytīn
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110925180
3110925184