Leading Captivity Captive: 'The Exile' as History and Ideology

by Lester L. Grabbe

In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to modern ideology. The entity known as 'the Exile' has had an extremely forceful influence in Old Testament scholarship, both as an event and as a symbol. But was there an 'Exile'? And if so, how did it fit into the pattern of population deportations that characterized the imperial strategies of the ancient Near East? In a major methodological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850759073
• ISBN13: 9781850759072
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"