Patriachs

Objectives

• Explains the difficulties of establishing the patriarchal historicity, and the plausibility of the patriarchal narratives.
• Illustrates how plausibility is consistent with framing the question of Old Testament historicity.

Additional Resources

• Articles:

  NOTE: These are about the minimalism vs. maximalism debate.

  • Robert D. Miller II, Once More: Minimalism, Maximalism, and Objectivity, from bibleinterp.arizone.edu
  • Jens Bruun Kofoed, The Critical Danes and History: How to Avoid Being Hit by the Boomerang from Copenhagen, from bibleinterp.arizone.edu

• Graphics:

  • Price of Slaves in the Ancient Near East Graph
  • Covenants Chart