Back to Reason - Minimalism in Biblical Studies - Niels Peter Lemche
The Road to Minimalism
Back to Reason - Minimalism in Biblical Studies - Niels Peter Lemche
Niels Peter Lemche [+]
University of Copenhagen
Niels Peter Lemche, has been publishing in the field of Old Testament studies for fifty years. He has been both Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, from 1978 to 1986 and Professor of Theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1987 to 2013. He is the founder of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, and a member of the board of the Copenhagen International Seminar (Routledge). He has recently edited (in co-operation with Dr. Jim West) Jeremiah in History and Tradition (Routledge, 2019).
Description
Minimalism grew out of a debate about the history of ancient Israel which began for earnest in the 1960s. The traditional interpretation of this history was torn apart from one end to the other, ending in an impasse where nothing was as it used to be while at the same time scholars was seriously questioning the very idea of ancient Israel as described in the Old Testament.