Israel And Empire

ISBN: 9780567054098 出版年：2014 页码：339 Leo G Perdue And Warren Carter Bloomsbury Publishing

This is an examination of ancient israel and the hebrew bible through the lens of postcolonial interpretation and empire studies. "israel and empire" introduces students to the history, literature, and theology of the hebrew bible and texts of early judaism, enabling them to read these texts through the lens of postcolonial interpretation. this approach should allow students to recognize not only how cultural and socio-political forces shaped ancient israel and the worldviews of the early jews but also the impact of imperialism on modern readings of the bible. perdue and niang cover a broad sweep of history, from 1300 bce to 72 ce, including the late bronze age, egyptian imperialism, israel's entrance into canaan, the davidic-solomonic empire, the assyrian empire, the babylonian empire, the persian empire, the greek empire, the maccabean empire, and roman rule.