Gibeah The Search for a Biblical City

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Gibeah

The Search for a Biblical City

Patrick M. Arnold

Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General

This work is a cross-disciplinary study of Israel's first 'capital city' from topographical, archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives. Challenging William F. Albright's claim that the ancient city is to be identified with Tell el-Ful, the book develops the case for a location instead at modern Jeba, 9 km north-east of Jerusalem, a site-change that bears important consequences for several scholarly theories relating to Gibeah. Among these are the inquest into the historicity and literary composition of the story of the 'Outrage of Gibeah' (Judg. 19-21) and the origins and nature of Saul's kingship (1 Sam. 9-15). Both of these texts are treated thoroughly as preparation for a concluding investigation into the meaning of the prophet Hosea's references to Israel's sins 'in the days of Gibeah'.


Publication Date: 01 November 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Sheffield Academic Press
ISBN-13: 9780567402127
Format: Paperback softback
Page Count: 200
Weight (oz): 10.24

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