Methodology

Carvalho's method

• brief introduction
• In case you were wondering
• Read the text
• looking closely at the text
• discuss the text

Biblical research 101

https://dalesgit.github.io/relg220-s17/online-bible-research.html

Written sources from which we get our Hebrew Scriptures

• Numerous references to other books:

• Joshua 10:13; 2 Samuel 1:18
• Numbers 21:14
• 1 Kings 14:19,29

Direct circumstantial evidence

• The most obvious is 2 Kings 22-23 which may be a reference to the book that we know as Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy

• based on Covenant between YHWH and the people
• Moses is the deliverer of the revelation
• the covenant is "conditional"

The 1st narrative of the history of the Monarchy

• Built on the Deuteronomists' theology
• originated independently from the J/E/P material of Gen - Num

Timelines

• Ostensible timeline (p. 129) - 1250 bce - 587 bce
• Redaction perspective - after the devastation of 587 bce
• This is the period when transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age
  • invasion of the “sea peoples” (Philistines)

Joshua - Judges

Biblical archaeology - Romer: “digging up Jehovah”

• cp scientific history with history as presented in Bible
• reading Bible into archaeology?

https://youtu.be/1sbNK3NtbI4

Judges - basic cycle

• very early sources preserved in these tales

Feminist Criticism (p. 143)

• Historical and literary recovery (focus on what has been overlooked in the past)
• De-centering the question of meaning (understanding cultural context)
• Danger of interpretation (when does interpretation of the Bible foster injustice?)

Readings