{"product_id":"rewriting-ancient-jewish-history-hardback","title":"Rewriting Ancient Jewish History - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalf a century ago, the primary contours of the history of the Jews in Roman times were not subject to much debate. This standard account collapsed, however, when a handful of insights undermined the traditional historical method, the method long enlisted by historians for eliciting facts from sources. In response to these insights, a new historical method gradually emerged. \u003ci\u003eRewriting Ancient Jewish History \u003c\/i\u003ecritiques the traditional historical method and makes a case for the new one, illustrating how to write anew ancient Jewish history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the traditional historical method lie three fundamental presumptions. The traditional historical method regularly presumes that multiple versions of a text or tradition are equally authentic; it presumes that many ancient Jewish sources are the products of largely immanent forces of cloistered Jewish communities; and, barring any local grounds for suspicion, it presumes that most ancient Jewish texts faithfully reflect their sources and reliably recount events. \u003ci\u003eRewriting Ancient Jewish History \u003c\/i\u003eunfurls the failings of this approach; it promotes the new historical method which circumvents the flawed traditional presumptions while plotting anew the limits of rational argumentation in historical inquiry. This crucial reappraisal is a must-read for students of Jewish and Roman history alike, and a fascinating case-study in how historians should approach their ancient sources. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575370277102,"sku":"9781138641488","price":244.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138641488.jpg?v=1720948841","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/rewriting-ancient-jewish-history-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}