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Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Language
English
Description
In this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for reconstructing...
Author
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers
Language
English
Description
The analysis begins with the history and historiography of Reformation scholarship and ends with an extended reflection on the Reformations' religious, social, and cultural legacies. It will provide a clear introduction for undergraduates at college.
Author
Series
Studies in Biblical theology volume 2nd ser., 10
Publisher
S.C.M. Press
Pub. Date
1968
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating, epic exploration of who gets to record the world's history -- from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns -- and how their biases influence our understanding about the past. There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom? Is there even such a thing as "objective" history? In this lively and thought-provoking book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other...
Publisher
Humanities Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
The essays collected here offer a sober, informed, and stimulating reassessment of Germany and its past by internationally recognized scholars working from within and outside the new Germany. They all proceed from the recognition that the perspective from which the German past is viewed has changed irrevocably. Unification meant that the German Democratic Republic became history and its history, historiography and its collapse are re-evaluated. The...