Finding Myth and History in the Bible

The papers collected in this volume focus on methodological and historical topics related to the study of the history of ancient Israel. They represent biblical and historical studies, or present the joining of the two fields together, with the aim of shedding new light on biblical material.

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.

Editorial Preface Preface Thomas L. Thompson, University of Copenhagen 1. G. Garbini and the Poetry of Leah Goldberg Francesco Bianchi, University of Turin 2. "To Each His Own Job." On Job 42:1-6 Thomas Bolin, St Norbert College 3. The Siloam Tunnel Revisited Philip Davies, University of Sheffield 4. Hos 2:2 and the Dating of the Book of Hosea Giovanni Deiana, Pontifical Urbanian University 5. Beyond Garbini's Anti-Mosaic Pentateuch: Nehushtan as Literary Tie between the Torah and the Historical Books Philippe Guillaume, University of Berne 6. "When Dreams Come True": Jerusalem/Hierosolyma and Jewish Nationalism in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Ingrid Hjelm, University of Copenhagen 7. The Same Old Story Niels Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen 8. Toponymy Riddles Mario Liverani, University of Rome "La Sapienza" 9. Dividing the image of God: the creation of man and woman in Genesis Caterina Moro, Independent scholar 10. Farewell to the 'Blind and Lame' (2 Sam. 5:6-10) Lukasz Niesiolowski- Spano 11. From Moses to the Essenes Etiene Nodet, Ecole Biblique 12. A view from the West: The relationship between Phoenicia and "colonial" worlds in the Persian period Ida Oggiano, Pontificio Istituto Biblico and Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo Antico 13. A couple of stone disks or simply a pair of disks? About the Hebrew word obnayim (Exodus 1:16
Jeremiah 18:3) Fabrizio Pennacchietti, University of Turin 14. Jonah and the triffild. A suggestion for the qiqayon Chiara Peri 15. On Finding Myth and History in the Bible Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata 16. "Historical" Israel and "biblical" Israel, or ethnicity as a symbol? Gian Luigi Prato, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tre 17. Ethnicity and the Bible: Multiple Judaisms Thomas L. Thompson 18. Correspondence Jim West, Editorial Preface Preface Thomas L. Thompson, University of Copenhagen 1. G. Garbini and the Poetry of Leah Goldberg Francesco Bianchi, University of Turin 2. "To Each His Own Job." On Job 42:1-6 Thomas Bolin, St Norbert College 3. The Siloam Tunnel Revisited Philip Davies, University of Sheffield 4. Hos 2:2 and the Dating of the Book of Hosea Giovanni Deiana, Pontifical Urbanian University 5. Beyond Garbini's Anti-Mosaic Pentateuch: Nehushtan as Literary Tie between the Torah and the Historical Books Philippe Guillaume, University of Berne 6. "When Dreams Come True": Jerusalem/Hierosolyma and Jewish Nationalism in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Ingrid Hjelm, University of Copenhagen 7. The Same Old Story Niels Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen 8. Toponymy Riddles Mario Liverani, University of Rome "La Sapienza" 9. Dividing the image of God: the creation of man and woman in Genesis Caterina Moro, Independent scholar 10. Farewell to the 'Blind and Lame' (2 Sam. 5:6-10) Lukasz Niesiolowski- Spano 11. From Moses to the Essenes Etiene Nodet, Ecole Biblique 12. A view from the West: The relationship between Phoenicia and "colonial" worlds in the Persian period Ida Oggiano, Pontificio Istituto Biblico and Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo Antico 13. A couple of stone disks or simply a pair of disks? About the Hebrew word obnayim (Exodus 1:16
Jeremiah 18:3) Fabrizio Pennacchietti, University of Turin 14. Jonah and the triffild. A suggestion for the qiqayon Chiara Peri 15. On Finding Myth and History in the Bible Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata 16. "Historical" Israel and "biblical" Israel, or ethnicity as a symbol? Gian Luigi Prato, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tre 17. Ethnicity and the Bible: Multiple Judaisms Thomas L. Thompson 18. Correspondence Jim West

• Edited by Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano
• Edited by Chiara Peri
• Edited by Jim West