"This collection of studies offers a valuable tool for both the researcher at university and
everyone interested in the subject. In a reader-friendly style Reinhard Kratz makes the new
evidence in Hebrew Bible studies accessible and bridges the gap between archaeological and
theological research that is neglected or blurred too often." Anja Klein in The Expository
Times 126 (7) (2015) p. 352 "This book marvellously-and refreshingly from a German
perspective-defines the issues confronting biblical historical scholarship a century and more
after Wellhausen. Kratz turns our attention away from the rather boring and even misconceived
topic of 'Israelite origins' to the fascinating and much more relevant issue of the origins of
a philosophy religion culture that came (probably from the Hasmonean period onwards) to be
called 'Judaism' but in fact constitutes the cradle of three of our contemporary religions."
Philip Davies in Journal of Semitic Studies 61 (2) 2016 pp. 534-536
