{"product_id":"9783110189933","title":"The Sanctuary of Bethel and the Configuration of Israelite Identity","description":"After Jerusalem, Bethel is the most frequently cited sanctuary in the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a detailed analysis of Bethel and its sanctuary from archaeological and biblical evidence. It reconstructs the history of Bethel and by analysing the presence of pro- and anti-Bethel propaganda, it argues that the latter, with its own pro-Jerusalem\/Judah bias, has resulted in an unfair denigration of Bethel as an idolatrous place of worship. The study suggests that Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians. Hence, Bethel in a real sense was the principal means of configuring Israelite identity.","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059971899632,"sku":"9783110189933","price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783110189933_p0.jpg?v=1763714881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783110189933","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}