@Book{515844470,
author="Gomes, Jules Francis",
title="sanctuary of Bethel and the configuration of Israelite identity",
series="Beihefte zur Zeitschrift f{\"u}r die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 368",
year="2006",
publisher="de Gruyter",
address="Berlin",
keywords="Criticism, interpretation, etc; Jewish shrines; West Bank; Bayt{\={\i}}n; History; Heiligtum; Religious aspects; Judaism; Bethel; Israel",
contents="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",
abstract="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.",
note="Jules Francis Gomes",
note="Literaturverz. S. [225] - 286",
note="Zugl.: Cambridge, Univ., Diss., 2006",
note="Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gew{\"a}hrleistet SSG XA-DE-BW pdager DE-21",
note="Archivierung pr{\"u}fen 20240324 DE-4165 2 pdager",
isbn="3110189933",
language="English"
}