ISBN: 9780217767521

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... turies before, did not necessarily render the Hebrew writer infallible as to the early life of his people. Traditions there undoubtedly were in abundance, but time had wrought changes in them; ample written material there must have been, though such material must have passed through strange vicissitudes. If Deuteronomist and Priestly Writer had not worked over this material in Joshua, for example, from their own peculiar point of view, we might have much more trustworthy data than we have; as it is, we are forced to ignore for our purposes almost the whole of it. Yet the Book of Joshua, as we have it, is not by any means without value to the historical and sociological student, for there are portions that admirably supplement the oldest portions of the Book of Judges. But just what, it is here profitable to inquire, have we as reliable data in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel? We have the fragmentary story of the settlement found in Judges, chap, i., omitting the several additions of the redactor, as the reference to the death of Joshua, v. 1, the reference to the conquest of Canaanites and Perizzites, v. 4, the statement concerning the capture of Jerusalem, v. 8, and that as to the capture of Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, v. 18, etc.1 With this chapter of Judges we should compare certain fragments from the same ancient sources preserved in the Book of Joshua, xiii. 13; xv. 14-19; xv. 63; xvi. 10; xvii. 11-18; xix. 47.2 Very curious are these passages embedded in the text of Joshua, so utterly at variance are they with the bulk of that work. The second chapter of Judges informs 1 See Appendix I. ''Cf. here the Septuagint. us that the Messenger of Yahweh (the allusion is probably to the Ark which was carried) went up from Gilgal to Bethel, that there the people off... Edward Day, Books, The social life of the Hebrews Books This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: C. Scribner's Sons in 1901 in 270 pages; Subjects: Jews; Sociology, Biblical; History / Jewish; Religion / Judaism / General; Religion / Judaism / Rituals & Practice; Religion / Judaism / History; Religion / Judaism / Sacred Writings; Social Science / Jewish Studies;<

ISBN: 9780217767521

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... turies before, did not necessarily render the Hebrew writer infallible as to the early life of his people. Traditions there undoubtedly were in abundance, but time had wrought changes in them; ample written material there must have been, though such material must have passed through strange vicissitudes. If Deuteronomist and Priestly Writer had not worked over this material in Joshua, for example, from their own peculiar point of view, we might have much more trustworthy data than we have; as it is, we are forced to ignore for our purposes almost the whole of it. Yet the Book of Joshua, as we have it, is not by any means without value to the historical and sociological student, for there are portions that admirably supplement the oldest portions of the Book of Judges. But just what, it is here profitable to inquire, have we as reliable data in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel? We have the fragmentary story of the settlement found in Judges, chap, i., omitting the several additions of the redactor, as the reference to the death of Joshua, v. 1, the reference to the conquest of Canaanites and Perizzites, v. 4, the statement concerning the capture of Jerusalem, v. 8, and that as to the capture of Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, v. 18, etc.1 With this chapter of Judges we should compare certain fragments from the same ancient sources preserved in the Book of Joshua, xiii. 13; xv. 14-19; xv. 63; xvi. 10; xvii. 11-18; xix. 47.2 Very curious are these passages embedded in the text of Joshua, so utterly at variance are they with the bulk of that work. The second chapter of Judges informs 1 See Appendix I. ''Cf. here the Septuagint. us that the Messenger of Yahweh (the allusion is probably to the Ark which was carried) went up from Gilgal to Bethel, that there the people off... Edward Day, Books, The social life of the Hebrews Books, General Books LLC<