For scholars interested in the study of historians and historiography in the Ancient World
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Identifying the Daniel Character in Ezekiel in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week agoThis article discusses the identity of the Daniel character mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited More on the Seven Nations: Girgashite Flight and the Canaanite Nation in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week agoA discussion of the different lists of Canaanite nations.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Nations and Super-Nations of Canaan in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week agoA discussion of the different lists of Canaanite nations.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited The Leap-Month Fabricated by Jeroboam in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 7 months, 2 weeks agoThis article discusses the reason behind Jeroboam, king of Israel, instituting a holiday in the eighth month of calendar. We suggest an approach that looks at this holiday as misplaced from the seventh month by means of an additional unauthorized leap-month.
Rebecca Ruth Gould deposited “Antiquarianism as Genealogy: Arnaldo Momigliano’s Method,” History & Theory 53(2): 212-233. in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year agoThis essay uses Arnaldo Momigliano’s genealogy of antiquarianism and historiography to propose a new method for engaging the past. The Italian historian Arnaldo Momigliano (1908-1987) traced antiquarianism from its advent in ancient Greece and later growth in Rome to its early modern efflorescence, its usurpation by history, and its transformation…[Read more]
simeon chavel deposited Compositry and Creativity in 2 Samuel 21:1–14 in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month agoAnalysis of the story of David and the Gibeonites, argues that two different stories have been spliced together.
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simeon chavel deposited “Oracular Novellae” and Biblical Historiography: Through the Lens of Law and Narrative in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months agoTheoretical discussion of law and narrative and their interaction in biblical historiography.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Gehazi and the Miracle Staff of Elisha in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoThis article discusses various rabbinic approaches to the story of Elisha and Gehazi (recorded in the Book of Kings), in which the former sends the latter with his staff to resurrect the Shunammite woman’s dead child. Gehazi proves unsuccessful in that endeavor and Elisha himself ultimates revives the dead child.
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Between the Rivers Arnon and Jabbok in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 5 months agoThis paper discusses an apparent contradiction in the Bible regarding east of the Jordan River, that lies between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok. In Numbers 21 it seems that this land belonged to the Moabites, while in Judges 11 (during an exchange between the Jewish judge Jephtah and the Ammonite king) it seems that this land belonged to the…[Read more]
Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited Was Ezra a High Priest? in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 5 months agoThis article traces the notion in rabbinic writings that Ezra–a leader of the Jewish people in the early Second Temple period–also functioned as a High Priest (Kohen Gadol).
Victoria Leonard deposited Review: Hypatia. The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher, by Edward J. Watts in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months agoReview of Edward J. Watts, Hypatia. The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher
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Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
