Historiography and Identity (Re)formulation in Second Temple Historiographical Literature

Arising from presentations at the International Meeting 2008 of the Society of Biblical Literature in Auckland, New Zealand, six contributions discuss the following topics: the Deuteronomistic history in the Persian period, the Book Of Judges as a late construct, national identity as commentary and as metacommentary, Ezra's many identities in Ezra-Nehemiah, David's officials according to the Chronicler, and historiography in Chronicles. Four scholars were asked to respond to the contributions, and their responses comprise the second section. This is a volume in the publisher's series titled "The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies," formerly the "Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series." Editor Louis Jonker is affiliated with the department of Old and New Testament, U. of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Louis Jonker is Associate Professor in the Department of Old and New Testament, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.