Critical Précis
This is the 3rd Critical précis Im ordering.I want it to be done before 25th of February please. I uploaded the first one you did and i want you to read the comments of the T.A and want you to based on what the teachers comments i want you to develop this one. So again its the same routine, you need to read "Grabbe" article. You need to write Critical Précis not ESSAY. It is a critical reading response to article 2007 Grabbe-Omri to Fall Samaria . [Please use with in text citation and put down the page number of the article.] The instructions for the assignment are; The assignment is not very hard. all you have to do is read - its a very short article - and write a short response just like the first one divide it to different sections [ Authors argument, debate of author is responding to, Discuss the methods author, Evidence,. The critical precis is 500 words (2 pages double spaced). The first two or three paragraphs should: 1. Sum up Authors argument. 2. Present the debate AUTHOR is responding to 3. Discuss the methods Author uses to conduct his study and prove his arguments. 4. Discuss the evidence Author uses to formulate his thesis. The last paragraph should be your response to the article. You should include: 1. Do you agree with the methodology and types of evidence Author overall argument? Did it connivence you? 3. If you did not like the methodology and line of arguments, what should Authors changed? Remember, You MUST cite where (i.e. what page number) in Author’s article you are referring to. The easiest way to do this is with in text citations. For example, (Grabbe 2007: 58). YOU MUST SITE THE PAGE NUMBER .
Critical Precis (The Kingdom of Israel From Omri To The Fall Of Samaria: If We Only Had the Bible...)
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The Kingdom of Israel From Omri To The Fall Of Samaria: If We Only Had the Bible...
Introduction
Grabbe (2007, P.54) conducted a study under the title “The Kingdom of Israel From Omri To The Fall Of Samaria: If We Only Had the Bible...” According the author there was a heated debate on whether the Bible is a problematic source of information about the settlement of central Palestine. The debate evolved to focus on the period of the first part of the monarchy the early period of ‘nationhood’ (Grabbe, p. 54). Consequently, the author conducted a study with four objectives and a main objective of identifying ways of assessing Biblical stories that cannot be checked with supplementary sources of information. The author arrived at five main conclusions, which indicated that the Bible provides both accurate and misleading information on the topic in question. This paper is an objective critique to Grabbe’s (2007) publication because it analyzes the main debate, methods used, and evidence provided by the author.
The Main Debate
The author wanted to contribute to the debate hence, used four objectives. The first objective was to check the information that is present in the bible (from a historical perspective). The writer also wanted to collect non-Biblical data in addition to comparing and contrasting Biblical data and non-Biblical data. Ultimately, the author also intended to identify ways for assessing Biblical data; where it cannot be checked with additional sources of information (Grabbe, p. 54). It is clear that the main debate was to establish if the Bible is a problematic source of information about the settlement of central Palestine.
Methods Used to Conduct the Study
To begin with, the author provided an outline of contents by covering sections from the Bible (which was the foundation for the entire publication). To be specific, the author extracted information from chapters in first Kings, Second kings, and Second Chronicles. For instance, information on the reign of Azariah was extracted from &l...