Even God Cannot Change the Past: Reflections on Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology

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This volume represents the final publication of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. The volume reflects on the ground-breaking work of this prestigious seminar in the field of biblical history. In part one, long-term members of the seminar (Bob Becking, Ehud Ben Zvi, Philip R. Davies, Ernst Axel Knauf, Niels Peter Lemche, Thomas L Thompson) provide reflections on its work. Part two presents an opportunity for readers to benefit from contributions that have remained heretofore unpublished. This includes material on the Persian period, questions of orality and writing, and contributions on the Maccabean period. Bringing these papers together in a published form provides a fitting way to round out the work of this significant endeavour in historical methodology. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Statements on and Evaluations of the Seminar Why Start With the Text? The Fall of Samaria Revisited Clio Today and ancient Israelite History: Some Thoughts and Observations at the Closing Session of the European Seminar for Historical Methodology ‘Just The Facts, Ma’am!’: Reflections on the Eshm Vingt ans Apres: A Personal Retrospective The Future of Israel’s History The Problem of Israel in the History of the South Levant Part II: Tidying Up....: Publications of Papers from Sessions not Published 1997 Session: From the volume, Leading Captivity Captive (1998) The Exilic Period as an Urgent Case for a Historical Reconstruction Without the Biblical Text: The Neo-babylonian Royal Inscriptions as a ‘Primary Source’ 2008 Session in Lisbon on the Oral, The Written, and Cultural Memory Cultural Memory in practice: Ezra and Nehemiah The Oral, The Written, The Forgotten, The Remembered: Studies in Historiography and Their Implications for Ancient Israel 2011 Session in Thessaloniki on the Maccabees and Hasmonaeans The Relation between Samaria and Jerusalem in the Early Maccabean period Revisited: A Case Study About the Reception of Phinehas From Philadelphus to Hyrcanus: An Alternative Approach to the Formation and Canonization of the 'Deuteronomistic Historiography' Joshua Maccabaeus: Another Reading of 1 maccabees 5 Part III: Conclusion Seventeen years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology: A Personal View of the Results Index of References Index of Authors