Finding Myth and History in the Bible: Scholarship, Scholars and Errors - Paperback

by Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano (Editor), Chiara Peri (Editor), Jim West (Editor)

The essays collected in this volume focus on methodological and historical topics related to the study of the history of ancient Israel. Contributors offer readers new readings of disputed texts, new methodological tools for study of the ancient world inhabited by an entity called "Israel," and a variety of reinterpretations of biblical texts. Contributors include Thomas L. Thompson, Philip Davies, Niels Peter Lemche, Etienne Nodet, Mario Liverani, and many other leading academics.

Author Biography

Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History, University of Warsaw. Chiara Periholds a PhD in Hebrew Studies from the University of Turin and she currently works for Jesuit Refugee Service. Jim West is Professor of Biblical Studies at the Quartz Hill School of Theology, Adjunct Professor of Bible at the Philippine Baptist Seminary, and Pastor of Petros Baptist Church, Petros, Tennessee.