The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Ancient Israel

The <i>Companion to Ancient Israel </i>offers an innovative overview of ancient Israelite culture and history, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields. Distinguished scholars provide original contributions that explore the tradition in all its complexity, multiplicity and diversity.<br /> <ul> <li>A methodologically sophisticated overview of ancient Israelite culture that provides insights into political and social history, culture, and methodology</li> <li>Explores what we can say about the cultures and history of the people of Israel and Judah, but also investigates how we know what we know</li> <li>Presents fresh insights, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields</li> <li>Delves into ‘religion as lived,’ an approach that asks about the everyday lives of ordinary people and the material cultures that they construct and experience</li> <li>Each essay is an original contribution to the subject</li> </ul>