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Edom at the edge of empire : a social and political history / Bradley L. Crowell.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS154.2 .C76 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowell, Bradley L., 1970- author.
- Series:
- Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 29.
- Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History of Asia--Jordon--Transjordon.
- History of Asia.
- Edom (Kingdom).
- Faynān Wādī (Jordan).
- Edomites.
- Jordan--Faynān Wādī.
- Middle East--Edom (Kingdom).
- Physical Description:
- xix, 488 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- A comprehensive history of a state on Judah's border Edom at the Edge of Empire combines biblical, epigraphic, archaeological, and comparative evidence to reconstruct the history of Judah's neighbor to the southeast. Crowell traces the material and linguistic evidence, from early Egyptian sources that recall conflicts with nomadic tribes to later Assyrian texts that reference compliant Edomite tribal kings, to offer alternative scenarios regarding Edom's transformation from a collection of nomadic tribes and workers in the Wadi Faynan as it relates to the later polity centered around the city of Busayra in the mountains of southern Jordan. This is the first book to incorporate the important evidence from the Wadi Faynan copper mines into a thorough account of Edom's history, providing a key resource for students and scholars of the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible. -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A tale of three Edoms
- The material culture of Iron Age southwestern Jordan
- Egyptian and Mesopotamian sources for the history of Edom
- Iron Age epigraphs from Edom
- Narrative biblical sources for the history of Edom
- Poetic and prophetic sources for the history of Edom
- Economic transformations in Edom
- Religious transformations in Edom
- Imperial impact on Edom
- Reconstructing Edom: conclusions and controversies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 285-470) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781628373066
- 1628373067
- 9780884145271
- 0884145271
- 9780884145288
- 088414528X
- OCLC:
- 1275382617
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