Description
In a methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors cover a range of topics, from ancient poltics to up to date ideology. The entity referred to as ‘the Exile’ has had an extremely forceful influence in Old Testament scholarship, both as an event and as a symbol. But used to be there an ‘Exile’? And if this is the case, how did it are compatible into the pattern of population deportations that characterized the imperial strategies of the traditional Close to East? In a huge methodological discussion of this issue, the contributors to this symposium of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology cover a range of topics, from ancient politics to up to date ideology. In probing the that means and implication of ‘Exile’ additionally they reflect a spectrum of opinions and conclusions. As with Volume 1 of this series, the editor has provided an introduction and concluding reflections.