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Tel Dan in Its Northern Cultic Context.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Andrew R.
- Series:
- Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies
- Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies ; v.20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. -- Old Testament--Antiquities.
- Bible. -- Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Cults--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).
- Dan (Extinct city).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Dan (Extinct city)--Israel.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Cults.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible. -- Old Testament--Antiquities.
- Bible. -- Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Cults--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).
- Dan (Extinct city).
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Dan (Extinct city).
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Williston : Society of Biblical Literature, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work presents in detail a description of archaeological data from the Iron II temple complex at Tel Dan in northern Israel. Davis analyzes the archaeological remains from the ninth and eighth centuries, paying close attention to how the temple functioned as sacred space. Correlating the archaeological data with biblical depictions of worship, especially the "textual strata" of 1 Kings 18 and the book of Amos, Davis argues that the temple was the site of "official" and family religion and that worship at the temple became increasingly centralized. Tel Dan's role in helping reconstruct ancient Israelite religion, especially distinctive religious traditions of the northern kingdom, is also considered.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-929-3
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