The Emergence of Israel in Ancient Palestine: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives

by Emanuel Pfoh

Book Overview

Taking advantage of critical methodology for history-writing and the use of anthropological insights and ethnographic data from the modern Middle East, this study aims at providing new understandings on the emergence of Israel in ancient Palestine and the socio-political dynamics at work in the Levant during antiquity. The book begins with a discussion of matters of historiography and history-writing, both in ancient and modern times, and an evaluation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845535294
• ISBN13: 9781845535292
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"