Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel
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Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel

  1. 355 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel

About this book

A critical examination of the history of Israel.

When did Israel begin? The origins of ancient Israel are shrouded in mystery, and those hoping to explore the issue must utilize resources from three different fields—archaeology, epigraphy, and biblical texts—and then examine their interrelations while keeping in mind that the name Israel was not used to describe just one state but referred to numerous entities at different times.

Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel provides a critical reading of Israel's history. It is neither a harmonizing reading, which takes the picture painted by texts as a given fact, nor a reading supporting biblical texts with archaeological and epigraphic data; instead, it offers the reader multiple options to understand biblical narratives on a historical and theological level. In addition to presenting the main currents in the field, the book draws upon the latest discoveries from Czech-Israeli excavations to offer new hypotheses and reconstructions based on the interdisciplinary dialogue between biblical studies, archaeology, and history.

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Yes, you can access Archaeology, History, and Formation of Identity in Ancient Israel by Filip Capek, Václav Koutný in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Middle Eastern History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures and Tables
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 2. Origins (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age I)
  8. 3. The Difficult Tenth Century (Late Iron Age I to Iron Age IIA)
  9. 4. The First True Unification and the First True Division (Iron Age IIA–B)
  10. 5. First Independence (Iron Age IIB–C)
  11. 6. The Last Long Century (Iron Age IIC)
  12. 7. The End and a New Beginning (Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods)
  13. 8. Conclusions
  14. Bibliography
  15. Ancient Personal Names Index
  16. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  17. Other Ancient Textual Sources
  18. Modern Authors Index
  19. Place Names Index