%0 Book
%T sanctuary of Bethel and the configuration of Israelite identity
%A Gomes, Jules Francis
%S Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 368
%D 2006
%I de Gruyter
%C Berlin
%@ 3110189933
%G English
%F 515844470
%O Jules Francis Gomes
%O Literaturverz. S. [225] - 286
%O Zugl.: Cambridge, Univ., Diss., 2006
%O Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet SSG XA-DE-BW pdager DE-21
%O Archivierung prüfen 20240324 DE-4165 2 pdager
%X 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.
%L 296.4/9
%K Criticism, interpretation, etc
%K Jewish shrines
%K West Bank
%K Baytīn
%K History
%K Heiligtum
%K Religious aspects
%K Judaism
%K Bethel
%K Israel
%9 theses
%9 Text
%9 Hochschulschrift