Judah in the Biblical Period: Historical, Archaeological, and Biblical Studies
Selected Essays

Oded Lipschits

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Judah in the Biblical Period

Historical, Archaeological, and Biblical Studies Selected Essays

Oded Lipschits

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The collection of essays in this book represents more than twenty years of research on the history and archeology of Judah, as well as the study of the Biblical literature written in and about the period that might be called the “Age of Empires”. This 600-year-long period, when Judah was a vassal Assyrian, Egyptian and Babylonian kingdom and then a province under the consecutive rule of the Babylonian, Persian, Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires, was the longest and the most influential in Judean history and historiography. The administration that was shaped and developed during this period, the rural economy, the settlement pattern and the place of Jerusalem as a small temple, surrounded by a small settlement of (mainly) priests, Levites and other temple servants, characterize Judah during most of its history.
This is the formative period when most of the Hebrew Bible was written and edited, when the main features of Judaism were shaped and when Judean cult and theology were created and developed.
The 36 papers contained in this book present a broad picture of the Hebrew Bible against the background of the Biblical history and the archeology of Judah throughout the six centuries of the “Age of Empires”.

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Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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Preface
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Sources of the Papers
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Part A: Judah under Assyrian Rule
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The Kingdom of Judah under Assyrian Rule
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The Changing Faces of Kingship in Judah under Assyrian Rule
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The Long Seventh Century BCE: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives
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The Time and Origin of the Volute-Capitals from Judah, Moab and Ammon
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Judah under Assyrian Rule and the Early Phase of Stamping Jar Handles
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The lmlk and ‘Private’ Stamp Impressions from Tel Beth-Shemesh: An Added Dimension to the Late 8th and Early 7th Century BCE History of the Site
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The Province of Judah under Babylonian Rule
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Shedding New Light on the Dark Years of the “Exilic Period”: New Studies, Further Elucidation, and Some Questions Regarding the Archaeology of Judah as an “Empty Land”
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Nebuchadrezzar’s Policy in ‘Ḫattu-Land’ and the Fate of the Kingdom of Judah
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Judah, Jerusalem and the Temple (586–539 BCE)
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Demographic Changes in Judah between the Seventh and the Fifth Centuries BCE
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The “Riddle of Ramat Raḥel” and the Problem of Identifying the Material Culture of the Babylonian and Early Persian Periods
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Ammon in Transition from Vassal Kingdom to Babylonian Province
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Was there a ‘Royal Estate’ at En-Gedi during the Late Iron Age and the Persian Period?
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The Borders of the Province of Judah in the Persian Period and the Districts System.
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Persian-Period Judah − A New Perspective
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Achaemenid Imperial Policy, Settlement Processes in Palestine, and the Status of Jerusalem in the Middle of the Fifth Century BCE
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Persian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations
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The Rural Economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the Settlement History of the District System
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Material Culture, Administration and Economy in Judah during the Persian Period: The Role of the Jerusalem Temple
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Judah during the Transition between the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: Regional Processes
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Part D: Studies on the History and Archeology of Jerusalem
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Map of Temple Mount
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Jerusalem as a Symbol and in Reality
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Between Archaeology and Text: A Reevaluation of the Development Process of Jerusalem in the Persian Period
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Jerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of the City in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods
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Part E: Studies on the Region of Benjamin and Its Surroundings
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Map of Judah
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Benjamin in Retrospective: Stages in the Creation of the Territory of the Benjamin Tribe
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The History of the Benjamin Region Under Babylonian Rule
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Bethel Revisited
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The Origins of the Jewish Population in Modiʿin and its Surroundings
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Abraham between Mamre and Jerusalem
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Sukkot in the Pentateuch and in Ezra 3 and Nehemiah 8
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On Cash-Boxes and Finding or Not Finding Books: Jehoash’s and Josiah’s Decisions to Repair the Temple
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“Jehoiakim Slept with his Fathers …” (II Kings 24:6) – Did He?
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On the Titles ʿbd yhwh (‘servant of Yhwh’) and ʿbd hmlk (‘servant of the King’)
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Nehemiah 3: Sources, Composition, and Purpose
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Literary and Ideological Aspects of Nehemiah 11
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From Geba to Beersheba: A Further Consideration
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The “Founding Story” and “Bill of Rights” of the Family of Barzillai the Gileadite in Jerusalem
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“Here is a Man Whose Name is Ṣēmaḥ” (Zechariah 6:12)
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ʿibrî, Hebrew - in Diachronic Perspective as a Linkage Term between the ‘Diaspora Novellas’ of Abraham, Joseph, and Moses
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Abbreviations
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Bibliography
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Index of Sources
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Index of Modern Authors
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Biblical archaeology; Canaan; Bronze age; Iron Age

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Judah in the Biblical Period

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Sources of the Papers

The Kingdom of Judah under Assyrian Rule

The Changing Faces of Kingship in Judah under Assyrian Rule

The Long Seventh Century BCE: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

The Time and Origin of the Volute-Capitals from Judah, Moab and Ammon

Judah under Assyrian Rule and the Early Phase of Stamping Jar Handles

The lmlk and ‘Private’ Stamp Impressions from Tel Beth-Shemesh: An Added Dimension to the Late 8th and Early 7th Century BCE History of the Site

The Province of Judah under Babylonian Rule

Shedding New Light on the Dark Years of the “Exilic Period”: New Studies, Further Elucidation, and Some Questions Regarding the Archaeology of Judah as an “Empty Land”

Nebuchadrezzar’s Policy in ‘Ḫattu-Land’ and the Fate of the Kingdom of Judah

Judah, Jerusalem and the Temple (586–539 BCE)

Demographic Changes in Judah between the Seventh and the Fifth Centuries BCE

The “Riddle of Ramat Raḥel” and the Problem of Identifying the Material Culture of the Babylonian and Early Persian Periods

Ammon in Transition from Vassal Kingdom to Babylonian Province

Was there a ‘Royal Estate’ at En-Gedi during the Late Iron Age and the Persian Period?

The Borders of the Province of Judah in the Persian Period and the Districts System.

Persian-Period Judah − A New Perspective

Achaemenid Imperial Policy, Settlement Processes in Palestine, and the Status of Jerusalem in the Middle of the Fifth Century BCE

Persian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations

The Rural Economy of Judah during the Persian Period and the Settlement History of the District System

Material Culture, Administration and Economy in Judah during the Persian Period: The Role of the Jerusalem Temple

Judah during the Transition between the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods: Regional Processes

Map of Temple Mount

Jerusalem as a Symbol and in Reality

Between Archaeology and Text: A Reevaluation of the Development Process of Jerusalem in the Persian Period

Jerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of the City in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods

Map of Judah

Benjamin in Retrospective: Stages in the Creation of the Territory of the Benjamin Tribe

The History of the Benjamin Region Under Babylonian Rule

Bethel Revisited

The Origins of the Jewish Population in Modiʿin and its Surroundings

Abraham between Mamre and Jerusalem

Sukkot in the Pentateuch and in Ezra 3 and Nehemiah 8

On Cash-Boxes and Finding or Not Finding Books: Jehoash’s and Josiah’s Decisions to Repair the Temple

“Jehoiakim Slept with his Fathers …” (II Kings 24:6) – Did He?

On the Titles ʿbd yhwh (‘servant of Yhwh’) and ʿbd hmlk (‘servant of the King’)

Nehemiah 3: Sources, Composition, and Purpose

Literary and Ideological Aspects of Nehemiah 11

From Geba to Beersheba: A Further Consideration

The “Founding Story” and “Bill of Rights” of the Family of Barzillai the Gileadite in Jerusalem

“Here is a Man Whose Name is Ṣēmaḥ” (Zechariah 6:12)

ʿibrî, Hebrew - in Diachronic Perspective as a Linkage Term between the ‘Diaspora Novellas’ of Abraham, Joseph, and Moses

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index of Sources

Index of Modern Authors

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