Gibeon and Israel: The Role of Gibeon and the Gibeonites in the Political and Religious History of Early Israel

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Book Overview

The site of the city of Gibeon is now identified with a fair degree of certainty with el-J b, a site about eight miles north-west of Jerusalem. Gibeon is mentioned about forty times in the Old Testament, and was clearly a city of some significance, particularly at the time of Saul, David and Solomon. Dr Blenkinsopp examines the evidence, principally contained in the Bible, relating to Gibeon and the Gibeonites, making use of confirmatory evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521115418
• ISBN13: 9780521115414
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"