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Ancient and Modern Scriptural Historiography - l'Historiographiebiblique, Ancienne Et Moderne

Ancient and Modern Scriptural Historiography - l'Historiographiebiblique, Ancienne Et Moderne

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Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, Book 207

Religion General Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 9042919698
ISBN13: 9789042919693
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Nov 8 2007
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.52
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.47 Depth: 9.58
Language: English
This collection of nineteen essays is the fruit of ongoing
collaboration in Biblical Studies between the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne,
Manchester and Sheffield. The essays are arranged under three headings (General
Studies; Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism; and New Testament, Early Christianity
and their Contexts) but share many overlapping interests. In particular, the
studies show intriguingly that the concerns of ancient historians are both
similar to and different from those of modern historians. Several contributions
also demonstrate that the historical value of ancient texts can only become
apparent if they are set alongside suitable co-texts, whether from Mesopotamia,
from Greek and Roman writings, or from other sources. In addition it is clear in
some of the contributions that the interplay between authors and readers is no
less significant in history writing than in the production of other genres.
Overall the set of essays shows forcefully that history writing, in antiquity as
today, is principally about the meaning of the past for the present, only
secondarily about the past for its own sake.

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