TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gomes,Jules Francis
TI  - The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration of Israelite Identity
T2  - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
SN  - 9783110189933
AV  - DS110.B316 G66 2006
U1  - 296.4/9 22
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Jewish shrines
KW  - West Bank
KW  - Baytīn
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Alte Geschichte
KW  - Altertum
KW  - Bethel (Israel)
KW  - Heiligtum
KW  - Staatskult
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Ancient history
KW  - Israel
KW  - antiquity
KW  - sanctum
KW  - state cult
N1  - Dissertation; i-vi --; Acknowledgements --; Table of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Chapter One. Introduction --; Chapter Two. Bethel in the Books of Kings: From Restoration to Destruction --; Chapter Three. Bethel in the Book of Genesis: Sanctuary of the Patriarchs --; Chapter Four. Bethel in the Books of Joshua, Judges and 1 Samuel: Territorial Conquest and Tribal Claims --; Chapter Five. Bethel in the Books of Amos, Hosea and in Particular Psalms: House of God or House of Sin? --; Chapter Six. Bethel in Post-Exilic Biblical Writings: The Revival of a Central Sanctuary --; Chapter Seven. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index of Biblical References; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - After Jerusalem, Bethel is the most frequently cited sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a detailed analysis of Bethel and its sanctuary from archaeological and biblical evidence. It reconstructs the history of Bethel and by analysing the presence of pro- and anti-Bethel propaganda, it argues that the latter, with its own pro-Jerusalem/Judah bias, has resulted in an unfair denigration of Bethel as an idolatrous place of worship. The study suggests that Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians. Hence, Bethel in a real sense was the principal means of configuring Israelite identity
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110925180
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110925180
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110925180/original
ER  -