History and Ideology in the Old Testament

"The end of the millennium sees biblical study in a state of transition. The traditional position of historical approaches is widely questioned and 'historical criticism' is regarded as passe. There is a search for approaches, literary or sociological, that are less tied to history. On the other hand there is a more radical approach to the history of Israel that sees true history as distinct from the biblical narrative and dependent on sources other that the Bible."--Jacket.