Books in the Beitraege zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des Antiken Judentums series

Presents results of world-wide academic research in the field of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and in related areas. In this book, the articles cover a multitude of topics, including exegetical and literary problems, history, iconography, history of religion, archaeology and lexicography and central theological questions concerning the Hebrew Bible.

Comprises further studies in the field of biblical historiography, literary history of the biblical historical narratives and the quest for their veracity. In this title, they rely on a study of the tangible data of territorial history and the testimony elicited from the patterned historical concepts.