The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History


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Description

An important reinterpretation of the Hebrew Bible as historiography, now available in paper.



Author: Baruch Halpern
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.94w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780271024493
ISBN10: 0271024496
BISAC Categories:
- History | Historiography
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | Old Testament
- Religion | Biblical Commentary | Old Testament | General

About the Author

Baruch Halpern is Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Ancient History and Religious Studies at Penn State University. His books include The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters, edited with W. H. Propp and D. N. Freedman (1990) and Law, Politics, and Society in the Ancient Mediterranean World, edited with D. W. Hobson (1992).