Jacob L. Wright (Atlanta Emory University)

Gebundenes Buch

War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible

Beschreibung

Drawing on the intriguing interdisciplinary research on war commemoration, the book shows that war pervades the pages of the Bible because its authors were engaged in an effort to forge a corporate identity for Israel, one that can both transcend deep divisions within the population and withstand military conquest by imperial armies.

Autor

Jacob L. Wright is a professor at Emory University in the Candler School of Theology. He writes on a wide array of topics, ranging from material culture to commensality and urbicide. His first book, Rebuilding Identity (De Gruyter, 2003), won the Templeton Prize, and his most recent book, David, King of Israel (Cambridge University Press, 2014), won the ASOR Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award. His free online course (The Bible's Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future) consistently ranks among the top online courses in the humanities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781108480895
• ISBN-10: 1108480896
• Artikelnr.: 59909374