History, folklore, and myth in the Book of Judges

The book of Judges professes to be a history of early Israel. This article unpacks how is Judges doing history-writing, which will implicate how historiography was done in the Ancient Near East more broadly as well as who is doing the history-writing in the book of Judges. To illustrate, we will loo...

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Main Author: Miller, Robert D. 1966-2023 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: 2019
In: Melita theologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-187
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Bible -- Folklore
B Myth in the Bible
B Bible. Judges -- Commentaries
B Bible. Judges -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

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