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Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel (Paperback)
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Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel (Paperback)
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel
elucidates and examines assumptions about history writing that
current historians of ancient Israel and Judah employ. It is
undertaken in the context of the conflict between so-called
"minimalists" and "maximalists" within the discipline today. Though
the use of the Bible as evidence is the focal point of the
opposition of these two approaches, Moore shows that a number of
related philosophical and practical concerns are telescoped in this
issue, including concepts of Empiricism, Objectivity,
Representation and Language, Subject, Explanation, Truth, and
Evidence Evaluation and Use. Organized around these topics,
Philosophy and Practice aims to situate the study of ancient Israel
and Judah in the broader intellectual context of academic history
in general and to provide insight into the formative assumptions of
the current debate. It also aims to show that the central issue of
the reliability of the Bible as evidence is surrounded by related
issues that are equally important for understanding the past of
ancient Israel and Judah and writing about it. Moore shows that
ideas about objectivity in particular have a direct bearing on the
evidentiary debate, which, in turn, affects what subjects and modes
of explanations historians see as available to them. Moore argues
that current historians of ancient Israel are beginning to work
with a notion of historical truth that attempts to take into
account the many contingencies for the concept and writing of
history that twentieth-century discussions about history have
introduced.
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