History’s Fragments and the Hebrew Bible

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ID20106210
AuthorsMahri Leonard-Fleckman (corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume63
Issue2
Pages63-80
Publication date2025-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnglish Language Notes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-8282 • E-ISSN: 2573-3575
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00138282-11907611
OpenAlexW7134840340
LanguageEN
References cited36

This article tells the story of history’s fragments related to the study of the Hebrew Bible. The author’s twofold aim is to (1) elucidate the history of the fragments in biblical scholarship related to the ongoing struggle to understand, instrumentalize, and make meaning from the Hebrew Bible and the Southern Levant; and (2) to explore responsible practices for historians of the Hebrew Bible today. Charting a disciplinary trajectory that leads from the inception of critical historical practices to the current state of the field, the author proposes a path forward that includes building connection, honoring fragmentation, and harnessing irresolution as a historical practice

Biblical languages · Discipline · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Meaning (existential) · Scholarship · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Interdisciplinary Studies: Technology, Society, and Humanities · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity

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