Mills, Mary E., <br/><br/>
Joshua to Kings :  history, story, theology / 
Mary E. Mills. 
 - Third edition. 
 - viii,  193 pages :  map ;  23 cm. 
 - T & T Clark approaches to biblical studies .
 - T & T Clark approaches to biblical studies. .
<br/><br/> "First published as Historical Israel, biblical Israel: studying Joshua to 2 Kings, 1994"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical issues. Joshua and the conquest of Canaan -- Judges and the society of ancient Israel -- 1 and 2 Samuel: social and political leadership -- 1 and 2 Kings and biblical archaeology -- History as story. Narrative art and the Deuteronomistic histories -- Tragedy and history -- Reading stories, finding women and men -- History as theology. A constitution for Israel -- The character of God -- The personhood of Israel -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Joshua to Kings picks up the two aspects of the story told in the books from Joshua to 2 Kings, that of an actual historical society and that of a literary presentation of a nation, told from a religious perspective. By exploring the contents of these books the student is led into the use of basic tools for biblical study, such as historical criticism, narrative criticism and ideological criticism, in order to engage in a structured manner with the task of reading and interpreting biblical texts in the modern world. For this third edition the text has been revised and updated to take into account the changes and shifts in scholarship. Reading lists and bibliographies have been comprehensively revised-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780567656469 0567656462 9780567656452 0567656454 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017303563 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB5F7392  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Former Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament--History of Biblical events.<br/>Bible.--Former Prophets<br/>Bible.--Old Testament.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Old Testament - History of Biblical events.<br/>Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History of Biblical events.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1286.5  / MIL 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>222.06