Writing the History of Israel

Diane Banks is an independent scholar who lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANYChapter 3 JULIUS WELLHAUSEN AND THE PROLEGOMENA TO THE HISTORY OF ISRAELChapter 4 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES TO WORLD WAR IIChapter 5 BIBLICAL HISTORY AT MID-CENTURY: JOHN BRIGHT AND MARTIN NOTHChapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CONTROVERSY IN THE PAST QUARTER CENTURYChapter 7 WRITING ISRAEL'S HISTORY TODAYChapter 8 ConclusionBibliographyIndexv

"This book explores the influences of the discipline of history on the work of history writing in biblical studies since the late nineteenth century until the opening years of the twenty-first...Any volume that increases our understanding of the development of the modern discipline of Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Studies in relation to the academic trends of its time(s) is welcome, and this particular volume does fall into the category, with its many interesting observations on the history of historiography in general and the connections between this history and well-known historians of Israel like Wellhausen, Noth and Bright." -Iain Provan, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Vol. 7, 2007