Recent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of
Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and
attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient
Israel and Judah. The scholarly world has also witnessed an intense
confrontation between so-called minimalists and maximalists over
the correct approach to the historicity of the Bible. "Memories of
Ancient Israel "looks at the issues at stake in biblical
history--the ideologies involved, the changing role of archaeology,
and the influence of cultural contexts both ancient and modern.
Philip Davies suggests a different way of defining the problem of
"reliability" and "historicity" by employing the theory of cultural
memory. In doing so, he provides a better explanation of how
ancient societies constructed their past but also a penetrating
insight into the ideological underpinnings of today's scholarly
debates.
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