Chapter Three: Early History of Israel

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents XI
5. Abbreviations 1
6. Introduction 3
7. Biographical aspects 12
8. Part I. Julius Wellhausen’s Reconstruction of the History of Israel
9. Chapter One: From Source and Literary Criticism to Historical Synthesis 25
10. Chapter Two: History of Israelite Religion 55
11. Chapter Three: Early History of Israel 75
12. Part II. From Religion to History: Yehezkel Kaufmann’s Interpretation of Ancient Israel
13. Chapter Four: History of Israelite Religion: Literary Analysis 95
14. Chapter Five: Israelite Religion: Phenomenological Interpretation 115
15. Chapter Six: Early Israelite History in Canaan 143
16. Chapter Seven: Sources of Kaufmann’s Exegetic Approach 171
17. Part III. Religion and History: A Comparison of Wellhausen and Kaufmann
18. Chapter Eight: Moving between Wellhausen and Kaufmann 195
19. Chapter Nine: Early Israel: Priestly Ideal or Prophetic Theocracy? 233
20. Conclusion 275
21. Bibliography 283
22. Subject index 300
23. Index of names 303