About Edom and Idumea in the Persian period : recent research and approaches from archaeology, Hebrew Bible studies and ancient Near East studies / edited by Benedikt Hensel, Ehud Ben Zvi, and Diana V. Edelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hensel, Benedikt, editor, author.

Ben Zvi, Ehud, 1951- editor, author.

Edelman, Diana Vikander, 1954- editor, author.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Worlds of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edomites.

Edomites--Biblical teaching.

Antiquities.

Edom (Kingdom).

Edom (Kingdom)--Antiquities.

Middle East--Edom (Kingdom).

Physical Description:

vi, 470 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume highlights and advances new developments in the study of Edom and Idumea in eighteen essays written by researchers from different disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I OVERVIEWS

1. The Complexity of a Site: "Edom" in the Persian Period from the Perspectives of Historical Research, Hebrew Bible Studies, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies / Benedikt Hensel

2. Edom in the Persian Period, Relations with the Negev and the Arabian Trade: The Archaeological Evidence / Piotr Bienkowski

3. The Genesis of Idumea / Yigal Levin

4. The Evolution of an Edomite/ldumean Identity: Hellenistic Maresha as a Case Study / Ian Stern

pt. II CASE STUDIES: Idumea and Judah

5. Edom in Judah: Identity and Social Entanglement in the Late Iron Age Negev / Andrew J. Danielson

6. Dry Climate During the Early Persian Period and Its Impact on the Establishment of Idumea / Oded Lipschits

7. A Tale of Two Provinces: Judah and Edom During the Persian Period / Oren Tal

Edom and Idumea: Sites and Artifacts

8. Idumea in Light of the Votive Deposits of Terracotta Figurines / Adi Erlich

9. A Monumental Hellenistic-Period Ritual Compound in Upper Idumea: New Findings from Horbat 'Amuda / Pablo Better

Edom and Idumea from Epigraphic and Literary Sources

10. Edom in the Nabonidus Chronicle: A Land Conquered or a Vassal Defended? A Reappraisal of the Annexation of North Arabia by the Late Babylonian Empire / Hanspeter Schaudig

11. Have There Been Prophets in Edom? An Ostracon from Horvat 'Uza Once More / Bob Becking

12. Economic and Administrative Realia of Rural Idumea at the End of the Persian Period / Diana V. Edelman

13. The Aramaic Divination Texts / Mark Getter

pt. III LITERARY CONSTRUCTIONS OF "EDOM": THE HEBREW BIBLE TRADITIONS

14. Edom as a Complex Site of Memory Among the Literati of Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Judah: Some Observations / Ehud Ben Zvi

15. Think Positive! How the Positive Portrayal of Edom in Late Biblical Texts Leads to New Perspectives on Understanding the Literary History of Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Chronicles / Benedikt Hensel

16. The "Edom Texts" in Samuel-Kings in Inner- and Extrabiblical Perspective / Stephen Germany

17. Late Historical Edom and Reading Edom, Seir, and Esau in the Prophetic Literature Through Persian Lenses: Preliminary Observations / Diana V. Edelman

18. The Contribution of Chronicles to the Memory Argument About Edom as Reflected in the Core Repertoire of the Yehudite Literati of the Late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period / Ehud Ben Zvi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: About Edom and Idumea in the Persian period

ISBN:

9781800501331

1800501331

OCLC:

1302336014

Publisher Number:

99991965986