The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah In The Eighth And Seventh Centuries B C E

Author : Antoon Schoors
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589836716

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The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C.E. by Antoon Schoors Pdf

The period of Assyrian domination over Israel and Judah (ca. 750–650 B.C.E.) can be reconstructed with reasonable accuracy. For example, both biblical and extrabiblical records indicate that the northern kingdom (Israel) came to an end in 722 with the fall of Samaria, while several decades later Jerusalem, capital of the southern kingdom (Judah), narrowly escaped being taken by Sennacherib. The first half of the seventh century was dominated by Manasseh in Judah, who not only served his overlords the Assyrians but also practiced a bloody form of despotism. With regard to biblical literature, the eighth century was the period of Israel’s first great literary prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah. Other important texts, such as the Book of the Covenant, the early stories about the kings, the early forms of the patriarchal narratives in Genesis, and collections of proverbs, were either created or underwent profound editorial shaping during this time. This volume surveys the history of this formative period and presents a critical study of the biblical literature that originated within this historical context, as well as theological conclusions that readers may draw from these texts.

Author : Filip Čapek,Oded Lipschits
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884144007

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The Last Century in the History of Judah by Filip Čapek,Oded Lipschits Pdf

An incomparable interdisciplinary study of the history of Judah Experts from a variety of disciplines examine the history of Judah during the seventh century BCE, the last century of the kingdom’s existence. This important era is well defined historically and archaeologically beginning with the destruction layers left behind by Sennacherib’s Assyrian campaign (701 BCE) and ending with levels of destruction resulting from Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian campaign (588-586 BCE). Eleven essays develop the current ongoing discussion about Judah during this period and extend the debate to include further important insights in the fields of archaeology, history, cult, and the interpretation of Old Testament texts. Features A new chronological frame for the Iron Age IIB-IIC Close examinations of archaeology, texts, and traditions related to the reigns of Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Josiah An evaluation of the religious, cultic, and political landscape /UL

Author : Oded Lipschits
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781646021734

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Age of Empires by Oded Lipschits Pdf

Storage jars of many shapes and sizes were in widespread use in the ancient world, transporting and storing agricultural products such as wine and oil, crucial to agriculture, economy, trade and subsistence. From the late 8th to the 2nd century BCE, the oval storage jars typical of Judah were often stamped or otherwise marked: in the late 8th and early 7th century BCE with lmlk stamp impressions, later in the 7th century with concentric circle incisions or rosette stamp impressions, in the 6th century, after the fall of Jerusalem, with lion stamp impressions, and in the Persian, Ptolemaic and Seleucid periods (late 6th–late 2nd centuries BCE) with yhwd stamp impressions. At the same time, several ad hoc systems of stamp impressions appeared: “private” stamp impressions were used on the eve of Sennacherib’s campaign, mwṣh stamp impressions after the destruction of Jerusalem, and yršlm impressions after the establishment of the Hasmonean state. While administrative systems that stamped storage jars are known elsewhere in the ancient Near East, the phenomenon in Judah is unparalleled in its scale, variety and continuity, spanning a period of some 600 years without interruption. This is the first attempt to consider the phenomenon as a whole and to develop a unified theory that would explain the function of these stamp impressions and shed new light on the history of Judah during six centuries of subjugation to the empires that ruled the region—as a vassal kingdom in the age of the Assyrian, Egyptian, and Babylonian empires and as a province under successive Babylonian, Persian, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid rule.

Author : Oded Lipschits
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110486520

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Judah in the Biblical Period by Oded Lipschits Pdf

The collection of essays in this book represents more than twenty years of research on the history and archeology of Judah, as well as the study of the Biblical literature written in and about the period that might be called the “Age of Empires”. This 600-year-long period, when Judah was a vassal Assyrian, Egyptian and Babylonian kingdom and then a province under the consecutive rule of the Babylonian, Persian, Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires, was the longest and the most influential in Judean history and historiography. The administration that was shaped and developed during this period, the rural economy, the settlement pattern and the place of Jerusalem as a small temple, surrounded by a small settlement of (mainly) priests, Levites and other temple servants, characterize Judah during most of its history. This is the formative period when most of the Hebrew Bible was written and edited, when the main features of Judaism were shaped and when Judean cult and theology were created and developed. The 36 papers contained in this book present a broad picture of the Hebrew Bible against the background of the Biblical history and the archeology of Judah throughout the six centuries of the “Age of Empires”.

Author : Mordechai Cogan,Morton Cogan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
ISBN : 0884140415

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Imperialism and Religion by Mordechai Cogan,Morton Cogan Pdf

Author : Bernd U. Schipper
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646020270

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A Concise History of Ancient Israel by Bernd U. Schipper Pdf

The history of biblical Israel, as it is told in the Hebrew Bible, differs substantially from the history of ancient Israel as it can be reconstructed using ancient Near Eastern texts and archaeological evidence. In A Concise History of Ancient Israel, Bernd U. Schipper uses this evidence to present a critical revision of the history of Israel and Judah from the late second millennium BCE to the beginning of the Roman period. Considering archaeological material as well as biblical and extrabiblical texts, Schipper argues that the history of “Israel” in the preexilic period took place mostly in the hinterland of the Levant and should be understood in the context of the Neo-Assyrian expansion. He demonstrates that events in the exilic and postexilic periods also played out differently than they are recounted in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah. In contrast to previous scholarship, which focused heavily on Israel’s origins and the monarchic period, Schipper’s history gives equal attention to the Persian and early Hellenistic periods, providing confirmation that a wide variety of forms of YHWH religion existed in the Persian period and persisted into the Hellenistic age. Original and innovative, this brief history provides a new outline of the historical development of ancient Israel that will appeal to students, scholars, and lay readers who desire a concise overview.

Author : Christian Frevel
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628375145

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History of Ancient Israel by Christian Frevel Pdf

This English translation of the second edition of Christian Frevel’s essential textbook Geschichte Israels (Kohlhammer, 2018) covers the history of Israel from its beginnings until the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–135 CE). Frevel draws on archaeological evidence, inscriptions and monuments, as well as the Bible to sketch a picture of the history of ancient Israel within the context of the southern Levant that is sometimes familiar but often fresh and unexpected. Frevel has updated the second German edition with the most recent research of archaeologists and biblical scholars, including those based in Europe. Tables of rulers, a glossary, a timeline of the ancient Near East, and resources arranged by subject make this book an accessible, essential textbook for students and scholars alike.

Author : Israel Finkelstein,Amihay Mazar,International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Colloquium
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589832770

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The Quest for the Historical Israel by Israel Finkelstein,Amihay Mazar,International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Colloquium Pdf

An engaging series of essays, originally given at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. The aim of the colloquium was to make available the results of recent archaeological work to a wider interested public, and specifically to bring science to bear on the early history of the Jewish people.

Author : Nadav Na'aman
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575065694

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Ancient Israel's History and Historiography by Nadav Na'aman Pdf

Throughout the past three decades, Nadav Na’aman has repeatedly proved that he is one of the most careful historians of ancient Canaan and Israel. With broad expertise, he has brought together archaeology, text, and the inscriptional material from all of the ancient Near East to bear on the history of ancient Israel and the land of Canaan during the second and first millenniums B.C.E. Many of his studies have been published as journal articles or notes and yet, together, they constitute one of the most important bodies of literature on the subject in recent years, particularly because of the careful attention to methodology that Na’aman always has brought to his work. This final volume in the 3-volume set of Na’aman’s collected essays contains 29 essays. Among the topics addressed are: the sources available to Israel’s historians late in the first millennium B.C.E.; the reality behind the narratives relating to the history of the United Monarchy; the effect of the author’s own time on the composition of the histories of Saul, David, and Solomon; and the contributions of archaeology to the study of the tenth century B.C.E. In the course of covering these themes, Na’aman touches on topics such as history and historiography, textual and literary problems, historical geography, society, administration, cult, and religion.

Author : Zev Farber,Jacob L. Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0884143473

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Archaeology and History of Eighth-century Judah by Zev Farber,Jacob L. Wright Pdf

The book explores what we know about eighth-century Judah from multiple angles, including a survey of what we know about Judah's neighbors, the land and its cities, daily life and material culture, religious beliefs and practices, and early forms of what are now biblical texts.

Author : Theodore Henry Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Bible
ISBN : PSU:000031848985

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The Decline and Fall of the Hebrew Kingdoms by Theodore Henry Robinson Pdf

Author : John Van Seters
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066141

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The Biblical Saga of King David by John Van Seters Pdf

The biblical story of King David has been interpreted in many different ways, arising from the variety of methods used in and the intended objectives of the studies: Does the narrative contain insight into and information about the early history of the Judean monarchy, or is it merely a legendary tale about a distant past? Can we identify the story’s literary genre, it sociohistorical setting, and the intention of its author(s)? Is an appreciation for the wonderful literary qualities of the story compatible with a literary-critical investigation of the narrative’s compositional and text-critical history? Van Seters reviews past scholarship on the David story and in the course of doing so unravels the history of these questions and then presents an extended appraisal of the debate about the social and historical context of the biblical story. From this critical foundation, Van Seters proceeds to offering a detailed literary analysis of the story of David from his rise to power under Saul to his ultimate succession by Solomon.

Author : Michael J. Stahl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004447721

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The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition by Michael J. Stahl Pdf

In The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition, Michael Stahl examines the historical and ideological significances of the formulaic title “god of Israel” (’elohe yisra’el) in the Hebrew Bible using critical theory on social power and identity.

Author : Theodore Henry Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:499175475

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The Decline and Fall of the Hebrew Kingdoms by Theodore Henry Robinson Pdf

Author : Ronald A. Simkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532698729

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Creation and Ecology by Ronald A. Simkins Pdf

In this book Ronald A. Simkins addresses the current environmental crisis and what the Bible might contribute in response to it. The environmental crisis includes loss of biodiversity, degradation of the soil, and especially climate change. If left unchecked, these trends will bring about the collapse of human civilization. These environmental problems are interrelated and share a similar cause: the exploitation of the natural world through an economy structured by capitalist relations of production and powered by the burning of fossil fuels. Through our economic relations, we have depleted natural resources, polluted natural environments, and altered natural processes. These problems are a product of our political economy, which entails not only our politics, ideology, and religion, but primarily our economic system. Because the crisis is economic at its core, Simkins first sets the Bible within its own economic context, exploring how the biblical ideas of creation—an understanding of the human relationship to the natural world—were the product of the ancient Israelite political economy. Then Simkins places the biblical tradition in conversation with the current environmental crisis. The result is a far richer view of creation in the biblical tradition and a better understanding of what is at stake in the current environmental crisis.