Introduction and synopsis of major themes
Navigation Hint
Through the lens of the Exile
Appendix:: Restoration Period Timeline
The Patriarchs, Moses, the Exodus and the Conquest of Canaan
The United Monarchy - David and Solomon
Israel emerged from Canaan, not Egypt
Appendix: The Bronze and Iron Ages and other relevant periods
The religion of Ancient Israel and Judah was polytheism
Yahweh's consort in the Pantheon: Asherah
Other idolatrous practices: the worship of the golden calf
Polytheism was the norm
From pluriformity to unity
From YHWH alone to One God alone
These traditions interpreted by the Deuteronomistic Historian
Appendix: references to idolatrous practice in the Hebrew Bible
The rise of the scribe and the hegemony of text
How the Hebrew Bible came into being
The difficulty in identifying oral traditions
The Pentateuch and the Documentary Hypothesis
Overview
Appendix: Glossary
The "discovery" of the Law Book in the Temple
Was it a 'pious fraud'?
What did the Book contain?
The subsequent editions of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy: the clue to dating the Pentateuch
Post Deuteronomy
The Exile the catalyst for the Hebrew Bible
The Samaritans
The inter-marriage crisis in Ezra and Nehemiah
Deuteronomy versus archaeology
The Hebrew Bible today - its tripartite structure
No original autographs of the Hebrew Bible
When was the canon of the Hebrew Bible closed?
Conclusion
Appendix: The Kings of Israel and Judah
Bibliography
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The Hebrew Bible: through the lens of the Babylonian exile
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Appendix: The Kings of Israel and Judah
Source: Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible Unearthed, op cit, 20