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Aproximación a la historia de los orígenes de Israel

Autor: Miren Junkal Guevara Llaguno

Número de Páginas: 244

En 1988, un estudio en torno al origen de Israel calificó la cuestión de "enigma histórico". Treinta años después, el asunto sigue planteando numerosos debates, discusiones e hipótesis para tratar de esclarecer en qué momento de la historia del Levante antiguo es posible identificar una entidad política, aunque sea embrionaria, que muestre sustancialmente unos rasgos identitarios que permitan reconocerla como Israel. El libro nos acerca al estado actual de la cuestión, desplegando la información que proviene del trabajo de muchos arqueólogos e historiadores en los últimos 25-30 años. Además, sintetiza la visión del escenario histórico descrita en la Biblia, ayudando al lector a identificar el tapiz de acontecimientos en el que la historia de la salvación se fue desarrollando, así como la relectura teológica de la misma que quedó en ella impresa.

Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Historical Books, Volume 1 (Lexham Geographic Commentary)

Autor: Barry J. Beitzel

Número de Páginas: 695

Following Joshua's conquest to the time of the judges · Study the land in which the stories of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth took place · Learn how geographic and cultural factors can provide theological insights · Visualize the promised land through full-color maps and photos Joshua led Israel to conquer a real historic land, and the judges delivered Israel from real historic enemies. When we understand geographic and cultural features of the Bible, we experience its stories with fresh eyes. · Why did Joshua attack the cities he did? · Why are Dan and Beersheba so regularly paired? · What is the significance of Samson's battles in the Shephelah? Written by a team of experts on biblical geography and culture, the Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Historical Books, Volume 1, is a guide to the world of Israel in the promised land. Each article addresses a particular story, event, or subject in Judges through Ruth, with full-color maps and photos providing deeper layers of context. Historical and cultural insights give readers a richer understanding of the biblical story.

When the Dragon Wore the Crown

Autor: Don Cerow

Número de Páginas: 242

When our ancestors gazed upon the skies thousands of years ago they looked up into the center of Creation and saw a mighty Dragon, a great celestial serpent with wings circling ceaselessly above them, night after night, century after century. When the Dragon Wore the Crown is a ground breaking book that covers a period of over six thousand years, focusing on what astrologers would call the Ages of Gemini, Taurus and Aries and taking us through the period of classical astronomy with the Greeks and Romans (approx. 7000 BC-200 AD). When the Dragon Wore the Crown opens and closes with the Chinese mythological tradition and touches on Sumerian, Babylonian, Phoenician, Hindu, Norse, Native American and even Mayan myths, weaving together many of their celestial serpentine similarities. It focuses primarily on the role of the constellation Draco, the astronomical marker of the North Celestial Pole for literally thousands of years. The importance of this simple astronomical observation helped facilitate the study of the calendar, navigation, farming and social organization. The circuit of the seasons was marked by this cadence with the moving center guarding the position of the zodiacal...

Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 47

Autor: Francesco Pellizzi

Número de Páginas: 273

Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, among others.

From Eden to Exile

Autor: Eric H. Cline

Número de Páginas: 260

Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel. Combining the academic rigor that has won the respect of his peers with an accessible style that has made him a favorite with readers and students alike, he lays out each mystery, evaluates all available evidence—from established fact to arguable assumption to far-fetched leap of faith—and proposes an explanation that reconciles Scripture, science, and history. Numerous amateur archaeologists have sought some trace of Noah's Ark to meet only with failure. But, though no serious scholar would undertake such a literal search, many agree that the Flood was no myth but the cultural memory of a real, catastrophic inundation, retold and reshaped over countless generations. Likewise, some experts suggest that Joshua's storied victory at Jericho is the distant echo of an earthquake instead of Israel's sacred trumpets—a fascinating, geologically plausible theory that remains unproven despite the best efforts of scientific research. Cline places these and other Biblical stories in solid archaeological and...

Mirror of the Medieval World

Autor: Barbara Drake Boehm , Metropolitan Museum Of Art (new York, N.y.)

Número de Páginas: 294

The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.