Wellhausen and Kaufmann: ancient Israel and its religious history in the works of Julius Wellhausen and Yehezkel Kaufmann

"This is the first comprehensive study on the subject of the German biblical scholar and orientalist Julius Wellhausen and the Jewish philosopher and biblical scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann. It starts with an analysis of their respective works and moves toward a comparison of their views on the hist...

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Main Author: Elrefaei, Aly (Author)
Contributors: Wellhausen, Julius 1844-1918 (Other) ; Kaufmann, Yehezkel 1889-1963 (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston De Gruyter [2016]
In: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (Volume 490)
Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Volume 490
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wellhausen, Julius 1844-1918 / Kaufmann, Yehezkel 1889-1963 / Israel (Antiquity) / Religion / History / Research
B Israel (Antiquity) / Religion
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Kaufmann, Yehezkel (1889-1963)
B Jews
B Wellhausen, Julius (1844-1918)
B Judaism
B Kaufmann, Yeḥezkel
B Kaufmann, Yeḥezkel (1889-1963)
B Jews History To 70 A.D
B History
B Thesis
B Wellhausen, Julius
B Judaism History To 70 A.D
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Summary:"This is the first comprehensive study on the subject of the German biblical scholar and orientalist Julius Wellhausen and the Jewish philosopher and biblical scholar Yehezkel Kaufmann. It starts with an analysis of their respective works and moves toward a comparison of their views on the history of ancient Israel and its religion. The study shows their similarities, areas of concurrence, as well as the fundamental disagreements between them"--
4 From literary criticism to historical synthesis: Summary 5 Julius Wellhausen: The historical setting ; 5.1 Wellhausen's bias towards romanticism ; 5.2 Historicism ; 5.2.1 De Wette's Beiträge zur Einleitung in das Alte Testament ; 5.2.2 Vatke's Biblische Theologie.
5 Israel and Judaism Chapter Three: Early History of Israel ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The beginning of Israel ; 3 Moses ; 4 Conquest and settlement tradition ; 5 The people of Israel in the land of Canaan.
5.2.3 Graf's Die geschichtlichen Bücher des Alten Testaments 5.2.4 Ewald's Geschichte des Volkes Israel ; Chapter Two: History of Israelite Religion ; 1 Introduction ; 2 The place of law in the history of Israel ; 3 The religion of ancient Israel ; 4 The prophetic reformation.
Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Biographical aspects ; 1 Julius Wellhausen (1844-1918) ; 2 Yehezkel Kaufmann (1889-1963) ; 2.1 Life ; 2.2 Main interest ; 2.3 Major works ; Part I Julius Wellhausen's Reconstruction of the History of Israel.
Chapter One: From Source and Literary Criticism to Historical Synthesis 1 Introduction ; 2 Principles of Wellhausen's historiographical approach ; 2.1 Literary sources and Tendenzkritik ; 2.2 Original and genuine tradition ; 3 Dating the sources.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index