Weave (GAČR, DFG): Concepts of Biblical Israel: Origins, Developments, Manifestat












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            The project investigates the great variety and plurality of concepts of Israel within the 

            examines the origins, developments, manifestations, and interrelatedness of these concepts
            has a strong emphasis on a broad literary and historical basis as well as sound methodolog
            projects study the concepts of biblical Israel in all parts of the canon and analyze their

            backgrounds and social contexts. On a methodological level, the project acknowledges the c
            anthropological studies of tribal societes and also draws inspiration from sociological an
            reserarch on premodern nationalism. The structure of the team, by assembling scholars who 

            competencies in literary history of biblical texts as well as in the history and archaeolo
            Israel, allows a comprehensive and integrative study of the history and function of the co

            in the Hebrew Bible.