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Medientyp:
Buch;
Hochschulschrift
Titel:
The sanctuary of Bethel and the configuration of Israelite identity
Enthält:
Introduction -- Bethel in the books of Kings: from restoration to destruction -- Bethel in the book of Genesis: sanctuary of the Patriarchs -- Bethel in the books of Joshua, Judges and 1 Samuel: territorial conquest and tribal claims -- Bethel in Amos, Hosea, and particular Psalms: house of God or house of sin? -- Bethel in the post-Exilic writings: the revival of a central sanctuary
Beschreibung:
After Jerusalem, Bethel is the most frequently cited sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a detailed analysis of Bethel and its sanctuary from archaeological and biblical evidence. It reconstructs the history of Bethel and by analysing the presence of pro- and anti-Bethel propaganda, it argues that the latter, with its own pro-Jerusalem/Judah bias, has resulted in an unfair denigration of Bethel as an idolatrous place of worship. The study suggests that Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians. Hence, Bethel in a real sense was the principal means of configuring Israelite identity.