TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gomes, Jules Francis
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2006//
TI  - sanctuary of Bethel and the configuration of Israelite identity
T3  - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 368
PB  - de Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Jewish shrines
KW  - West Bank
KW  - Baytīn
KW  - History
KW  - Heiligtum
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Bethel
KW  - Israel
AB  - 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.
SN  - 3110189933
LA  - English
N1  - Jules Francis Gomes
ID  - 515844470
ER  -