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Windows into Old Testament history : evidence, argument, and the crisis of "biblical Israel" / edited by V. Philips Long, David W. Baker, and Gordon J. Wenham. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Co., c2002. - viii, 204 p. : 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Epistemology, historiographical method, and the "Copenhagen school" / Jens Bruun Kofoed -- Fact, fiction, and language use : can modern pragmatics improve on Halpern's case for history in Judges? / Nicolai Winther-Nielsen -- Literacy in Iron Age Israel / Richard S. Hess -- History and legend in early Babylonia / Alan R. Millard -- The controlling role of external evidence in assessing the historical status of the Israelite united monarchy / Kenneth A. Kitchen -- Manasseh in the books of Kings and Chronicles (2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chron 33:1-20) / Brian E. Kelly -- Israel outside the land : the Transjordanian tribes in 1 Chronicles 5 / Peter J. Williams -- In the stable with the dwarves : testimony, interpretation, faith, and the history of Israel / Iain W. Provan.

ISBN: 0802839622 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002023821

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Old Testament--Historiography.

LC Class. No.: BS1180 / .W56 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 221.9/5