Niels Peter Lemche

Biographic Data

ID3831540
NAMENiels Peter Lemche
GIVEN NAMESNiels Peter
FAMILY NAMELemche
SIGNATURELEMCHE N P
AFFILIATIONSInstitut for Gammel Testamente The University of Aarhus DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • Too good to be true? The Creation of the People of Israel

    Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEDie Welt des Orients2020

    In the Bible we find an emphasis of the ethnic origins of ancient Israel. It is really as if it was the self-understanding of a highly sectarian group excluding everybody except those totally investing their intellect in the worship of one deity, the God of Israel. Over the last generation the study of the story of ancient Israel as found in the Old Testament has in an increasing degree removed its foundation in real history – things that happene…

  • Cultural Memory in Biblical Exegesis

    David Chalcraft, Philip R Davies et al.BOOKCultural Memory in Biblical…2012

  • The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

    Philip R Davies, Thomas L Thompson et al.BOOKReception and Remembrance of…2011

    This book explores the role of the biblical patriarch Abraham in the formation and use of authoritative texts in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. It reflects a conference session in 2009 focusing on Abraham as a figure of cultural memory in the literature of these periods. Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recalling of what has been learned and retained. It also involves transformation and innovation. As a figure of memory, stori…

  • Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

    Beate Ego, Klaus Baltzer et al.BOOKReception and Remembrance of…2011

  • On the Reliability of the Old Testament

    Niels Peter Lemche, K A KitchenARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2004

  • “Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts”—or

    Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEScandinavian Journal of the Old…2003

    (2003). “Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts”—or: “We and the rest of the world” The authors who “wrote” The Old Testament . Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 268-290.

  • Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From

    Niels Peter Lemche, William G DeverARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    This book addresses one of the most timely and urgent topics in archaeology and biblical studies - the origins of early Israel. For centuries, the Western tradition has traced its beginnings back to ancient Israel, but recently some historians and archaeologists have questioned the reality of Israel as it is described in biblical literature. In Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?, William Dever explores the continuing cont…

  • A Biblical History of Israel

    Niels Peter Lemche, Iain Provan et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

    In this much-anticipated textbook, three respected biblical scholars have written a history of ancient Israel that takes the biblical text seriously as an historical document. While also considering nonbiblical sources and being attentive to what disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, and sociology suggest about the past, the authors do so within the context and paradigm of the Old Testament canon, which is held as the primary document for r…

  • Windows into Old Testament History

    Niels Peter Lemche, V Philip Long et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2003

  • The Israelites in History and Tradition

    Anson F Rainey, Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review2001

  • Israel's Past in Present Research

    John Barton, V Phillips Long et al.BOOKIsrael's Past In Present Research1999

  • Greater Canaan

    Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…1998

    In his response to the thesis by this author that the ancient Canaanites according to their own reckoning never constituted an ethnos in the usual sense of the word, i. e., with an awareness of being one and a single ethnic group distinct from other ethnic groups, although sometimes described as such by foreigners, A. F. Rainey presents a reading of EA 151:50-51, according to which Abimilku of Tyre is reporting, not "news from Canaan," but "news …

  • Land Tenure and the Biblical Jubilee

    Niels Peter Lemche, Jeffrey A FagerARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1995

    The biblical jubilee represents one of the most radical programmes for land reform from the ancient Near East, yet it was never practised in ancient Israel. What then is the meaning of this sacred law that was never enforced? This cogently argued book attempts to answer that question by using the tools of sociological analysis. Fager examines three levels of meaning within the jubilee legislation, which was produced by the priestly intellectuals …

  • The First Historians

    Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1991

  • The Emergence of Early Israel

    Israel Finkelstein, Niels Peter Lemche et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1990Cited by: 1

  • Det bibelske hjemland

    Open AccessNiels Peter LemcheARTICLEReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift1983

    I Israel i dag er det almindeligt at begrunde krav på Palæstina ved at henvise til Det Gamle Testamente. Meget ofte argumentet er eksplicit sekulær, dvs det er baseret på Israels historie som fortalt af Det Gamle Testamente. På den anden side ignoreres. den gammeltestamentlige synspunkt, som anser besiddelse af jorden som en gave fra Gud Den "historiske" argument er imidlertid defekt da det stammer fra en grov misforståelse af den "historiske" tr…

  • The Chronology in the Story of the Flood

    Open AccessNiels Peter LemcheARTICLEJournal for the Study of the Old…1980

  • Andurārum and Mīšarum

    Niels Peter LemcheARTICLEJournal of Near Eastern Studies1979Cited by: 2