This book presents a new thesis on the history of Israel: David was originally king of Judah, not of Israel.
Jacob L. Wright Libros
Jacob L. Wright es un reconocido erudito de la Biblia Hebrea, hábil en entrelazar perspectivas históricas, religiosas y geográficas. Su obra es profundamente interdisciplinaria, demostrando cómo las ideas bíblicas resuenan e informan los problemas centrales que enfrentan las sociedades modernas. Con familiaridad de primera mano con hallazgos arqueológicos y fuentes primarias antiguas de Mesopotamia, Egipto y Grecia, aporta una profundidad distintiva a su erudición. Su investigación explora una amplia gama de temas, desde la vida social en el antiguo Israel hasta la formación de escritos bíblicos, mostrando un enfoque reconocido con una distinción académica significativa.
Rebuilding identity
- 372 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
This monograph presents a fresh and detailed treatment of the problems posed by the Nehemiah-Memoir. Starting from the pre-critical interpretations of Ezra-Neh, the study demonstrates that the use of the first-person does not suffice as a criterion for distinguishing between the verba Neemiae and the additions of later authors. The earliest edition of the Memoir isconfined to a building report, which was expanded as early generations of readers developed the implications of Nehemiah's accomplishments for the consolidation and centralization of Judah. The expansions occasioned in turn the composition of the history of the „Restoration“ in Ezra-Neh.
Demonstrating how the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible represents the first, and one of the most elaborate, projects of 'peoplehood,' Wright tells the dramatic story of the Bible's origins in relation to 1) a longstanding political division between North and South (Israel and Judah) and 2) the traumatic experience of defeat.