Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>]

I concur with the recommendations of Ian and Niels on books.  Perhaps a
simpler introduction for you might be to consult several articles in the
Anchor Dictionary of the Bible, a six volume set surely owned in your
university library.  I would especially note the following:

HISTORIOGRAPHY (the recounting of the past):
Kirk Grayson, Thomas Thompson and Donald Lateiner each offer invaluable
surveys and very suggestive bibliography for continued study  (ABD III,
205-218).
CHRONOLOGY
Hebrew Bible ( Mordechai Cogan) and New Testament (Karl Donfried) and both
excellent.

Then you might also want to read the general articles about Israel, Assyria,
Mesopotamia, Egypt, etc., not only for the basic information they contain
but also for bibliographic references in each area.

This is something I assign to university students who are beginning to study
Bible.  Certainly not the final assignment you should set for yourself, but
perhaps a feasible first step.

Best of Luck
CDI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: Standard Literature was Re: Ethics of our Profession


> I note that NPL has just provided a more specific bib. note. Anyway...
>
> At 16.22 13/02/00 +0000, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> >On Sunday, 13 February, 2000 09:51:08, Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I am flabbergasted over the range of people who support Rohl against
the
> >> standard literature without having read the standard literature.
> >
> >Perhaps for those dilettantes amongst us, like me, who are unaware of the
> >"standard literature" you could provide us with some suitable (beginners)
> >references.
>
> Sorry, Trevor, I don't know about beginner's references, but I'd think
> there's quite a lot to offer (though much of what I use is in Italian as
> that's what's available).
>
> A few books include:
>
> Moran, W.L., "The Amarna Letters," Baltimore, 1992
> Kitchen, K.A., "The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt", Aris&Philips,
>       London 1986 (This mentions Rohl)
> Redford, D.B., "Egypt, Canaan & Israel in Ancient Times", Princeton UP,
>       Princeton, 1992
> Mazar, Amihai, "Archaeology of the Land of the Bible", Doubleday,
>       New York, 1992
>
> What do people use in English speaking countries when doing later year
> Mesopotamian archaeology and history courses? (This is where Liverani
> should be a must.)
>
>
> Ian
>
> >As a computng scientist by training I've no expertise in the
> >dating issues. My reason for subscribing to this list is Bible Hebrew and
> >wasn't aware that dating problems were germain to that study. It would
help,
> >of course, if like Rohl's book, the references you suggest are in English
as
> >I only understand Swedish and BSL.
>
>
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