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Beyond the texts : an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah / William G. Dever.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS111 .D56 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dever, William G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Jews.
- History.
- Antiquities.
- Israel.
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Palestine--Antiquities.
- Palestine.
- Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.
- Jews--History--1200 B.C.-953 B.C.
- Jews--History--953 B.C.-586 B.C.
- Middle East--Palestine.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 749 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "William G. Dever offers a welcome perspective on ancient Israel and Judah that prioritizes the archaeological remains to render history as it was--not as the biblical writers argue it should have been. Drawing from the most recent archaeological data as interpreted from a nontheological point of view and supplementing that data with biblical material only when it converges with the archaeological record, Dever analyzes all the evidence at hand to provide a new history of ancient Israel and Judah that is accessible to all interested readers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter I: "History from Things": on history and history-writing. Excursus I: a critique of the "European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History," 1998-2010
- Chapter II. Prelude: the physical and cultural setting at the end of the Bronze Age
- Chapter III. The emergence of Israel in the light of history. Excursus I: Rainey's Transjordanian Shasu as "Earliest Israel Excursis II: Finkelstein's "Sedentarized Pastoralists"
- Chapter IV. The rise of Territorial States: the 10th Cent Excursus I. C14 dates of Megiddo and Tel Rehov
- Chapter V. The consolidation of the State. The Iron II B Period (9th-8th cent.)
- Chapter VI. Iron IIC: Judah in the 7th Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dever, William G. Beyond the texts.
- ISBN:
- 9780884142188
- 0884142183
- 9780884142171
- 0884142175
- OCLC:
- 1002693017
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