Foreign Soldiers in Judah's Military : Biblical Attitudes in Light of Extra-Biblical Evidence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

A. Barrios, Eric.

Series:

Vetus Testamentum, Supplements Series

Vetus Testamentum, Supplements Series ; v.204

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This book investigates the social experience of the mercenary in late Iron Age Judah and the attitude of the biblical writers towards mercenary service with an emphasis on the mercenary as a hired worker in the biblical texts.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Figures

Chapter 1 Introduction

1 Scope and Method

1.1 Mercenary Theory and the Other

2 Defining Mercenaries

2.1 Foreign Military Service

2.2 Lack of Obligation

2.3 Compensation and Private Gain

2.4 Summary

3 History of Scholarship

3.1 Foreign Soldiers and King David

3.2 Foreign Soldiers in the Late 8th-Early 6th Centuries

3.2.1 Works on Kushite Mercenaries in Judah

3.2.2 Works on Aegean Mercenaries in Judah

Chapter 2 Kushites in the Judean Military

1 Introduction

1.1 Kushites as Mercenaries

2 Historical Background for Kushite Mercenaries

3 Kushite Mercenaries in Judah

4 Kushites at Lachish

4.1 Burials at Lachish

4.2 The Lachish Reliefs

4.2.1 Analysis of the Lachish Reliefs

4.3 Kushites in Assyrian Reliefs from the 8th and 7th c. BCE

4.3.1 The Reliefs of Sargon II

4.3.2 The Reliefs of Esarhaddon (VA 2708)

4.3.3 The Relief of Assurbanipal (BM 124928)

4.3.4 Conclusions on Kushites in Assyrian Reliefs

5 Kushites in Biblical Texts

5.1 Kush and Egypt in First Isaiah

5.1.1 Isaiah 18

5.1.2 Isaiah 19

5.1.3 Isaiah 20

5.1.4 Isaiah 31

5.1.5 Conclusions about Kushites in First Isaiah

6 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Aegean Mercenaries in Judah

2 Historical Background

3 Aegean Peoples in the Bible

3.1 The Term יון

3.2 The Term כתים

3.3 The Term כרי

4 Archaeological Data

4.1 Meṣad Ḥashavyahu

4.1.1 Pottery at Meṣad Ḥashavyahu

4.1.2 Inscriptions at Meṣad Ḥashavyahu

4.1.3 Conclusions on Meṣad Ḥashavyahu

4.2 Arad

4.2.1 Inscriptions at Arad

4.2.2 Summary of Arad Ostraca

4.2.3 Pottery Found at Arad

4.3 Tel Malḥata

4.3.1 Pottery at Tel Malḥata

4.3.2 Discussion of Tel Malḥata.

5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Biblical Interactions with Foreign Soldiers in the Judean Military

2 The Hebrew Root שכר

3 שכר and Mercenaries

3.1 2 Samuel 10:6/1 Chronicles 19:6-7

3.2 2 Kings 7:6

3.3 Isaiah 16:14/21:16

3.4 Jeremiah 46:21

3.5 Job 7:1-2

3.6 2 Chronicles 25:6-13

4 Mercenaries under the Laws Concerning שכיר and Other Sojourners

4.1 Exodus 12:43-49

4.2 Leviticus 19:13

4.3 Leviticus 22:10-11

4.4 Leviticus 25:6-7, 39-40, 50, 53

4.5 Deuteronomy 24:14-15

5 Conclusion: Assimilation and Non-assimilation among Mercenaries and Foreign Soldiers

Chapter 5 Conclusion

1 Kushite Mercenaries in Judah

2 Aegean Mercenaries in Judah

3 Biblical Interactions with Foreign Soldiers

4 Implications of the Study

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-75982-4

OCLC:

1591751748