Central Sanctuary and Centralization of Worship in Ancient Israel : : From the Settlement to the Building of Solomon's Temple / / Pekka Pitkänen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Pitkänen, Pekka,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Near Eastern Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (403 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Introduction to the Reissue --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Divine Presence and Centralization --; 3. Centralization in the Pentateuch --; 4. Centralization and the Period from the Settlement to the Building of Solomon's Temple --; 5. Summary and Conclusions --; Appendix: An Examination of the Properties of Historical Reconstructions --; Bibliography --; Index of Scripture and other Ancient Sources --; Index of Passages Quoted in Hebrew and Other Ancient Languages --; Index of Standalone Words and Expressions in Hebrew and Other Ancient Languages --; Index of Authors --; General Index --; Index of Terms Used in the Appendix
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236137; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236137
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Pekka Pitkänen.

This book provides the first major reinvestigation and reinterpretation of the history of centralization of worship in ancient Israel since de Wette and Wellhausen in the nineteenth century. Old Testament scholarship has thus far relied on the consensus that the book of Deuteronomy is the product of late monarchic Judah (7th century BC). Pitkänen places the biblical material in its archaeological and ancient Near Eastern context and pays special attention to rhetorical analysis. The author suggests that the book of Joshua, as well as its sources (such as Deuteronomy) may have originated as early as before the disaster of Aphek and the rejection of Shiloh.