Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANY Chapter 3 JULIUS WELLHAUSEN AND THE PROLEGOMENA TO THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL Chapter 4 HISTORIOGRAPHY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES TO WORLD WAR II Chapter 5 BIBLICAL HISTORY AT MID-CENTURY: JOHN BRIGHT AND MARTIN NOTH Chapter 6 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND CONTROVERSY IN THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY Chapter 7 WRITING ISRAEL'S HISTORY TODAY Chapter 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index v

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Bank's study examines the boundaries as well as the links that exists between history writing in biblical studies and the practice of history in professional departments of history within the university.

About the Author

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

Reviews

"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
*Iain Provan*

"As she traces the course of this field of study, Banks does not avoid the challenging questions that arrive from an investigation...Though the book is a heavy read, it treats several important issues." -The Bible in Review
*Dianne Bergant*

"...the book is a valuable guidebook to historiography, both general and relating to ancient Israel, since the nineteenth century. It also brings to the fore questions that should be debated more openly, such as whether historians of ancient Israel are like other historians, and whether they can be or should be." -Megan Bishop Moore, Hebrew Studies, November 2008