Archaeology of the Biblical Worlds
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Herausgegeben von:
Aren M. Maeir
The series "Archaeology of the Biblical Worlds" is published in close connection with the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception and is dedicated to archaeological topics relevant to the study of the biblical worlds. Research on the Bible is no longer confined to the analysis of textual sources. The examination of archaeological evidence has become increasingly important within Biblical Studies around the world. This series bridges Archaeology and Biblical Studies, bringing together scholars from both fields in order to encourage an interdisciplinary approach. The topics covered in this series will span the cultures in which the biblical texts were created and received, mostly but not exclusively in the eastern Mediterranean world. The time frame ranges from the Ancient Near East until the Middle Ages. The series will include monographs by single authors on synthetic topics, archaeological reports on excavations at relevant sites, and collections of studies on topical themes.
Advisory Board:
Benjamin Arubas, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Angelika Berlejung, University of Leipzig, Germany
Leah Di Segni, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Shuichi Hasegawa, Rikkyo University, Japan
Tom Levy, University of California, San Diego, USA
Steve Mason, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Ami Mazar, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Stefan Münger, University of Berne, Switzerland
David Schloen, University of Chicago, USA
Bill Schneidewind, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Wolfgang Zwickel, University of Mainz, Germany
Fachgebiete
Recent studies have demonstrated that ancient Near Eastern societies considered themselves as part of one social fabric, divided not by mode of life or place of residence, but according to traditional associations of kin. Kinship relations appear to maintain their essential integrity over long periods of time, even within complex political organizations. In the past it was common to view state formation as an evolutionary process – from tribe to state – during which former kinship relations and tribal identities dissolve in face of the political identity imposed by the "state". Today, however, it seems that there were no evolutionary relations between the tribe and the state, as they both represent identities that coexist at the same time. It is against this background that a common structural element of ancient Levantine polities emerges: their fragmented nature, mostly based on an overarching concept of kinship.
This book presents studies of different polities and societies from the Bronze and Iron Ages Levant and beyond, highlighting their kin-based social and political structures, interactions, and ultimate formations, as may be gleaned from both material and textual sources.
Following a preface and introduction about the honoree, the volume is divided into 4 sections: Biblical Historical Geography; Bronze Age Canaan and its Neighbors; Iron Age Israel and its Neighbors; Second Temple Israel.
This book presents a study and catalogue of the early Christian stone architectural decorations from the Negev Desert (Israel). This work is based on the largest sample of decorated architectural elements from the Byzantine Negev (4th–7th century CE) to have been comparatively studied. The analysis provides a key for the characteristics of these aniconic, carved decorations, and an in-depth examination of their symbolic meaning.
The fourteen papers in this volume represent the proceedings of a conference held at Bar-Ilan University in 2014 (with the additional of several invited papers not presented at the conference), which provide both overviews of Late Bronze Age finds from several important sites in Israel and surrounding countries, as well as several synthetic studies on the various issues relating to the period. These papers, by and large, represent a broad view of cuttting edge research in the archaeology of the ancient Levant in general, and on the Late Bronze Age specifically.
This volume is an excavation report on the important Bronze and Iron Age site, Tel Nagila. The site was excavated in the 1960s but the report was never published. Tel Nagila was an important Middle Bronze Age site and a Judahite site during Iron Age II. This report includes chapters by experts discussing the finds, including tombs, pottery and flint artifacts, as well as a spatial analysis and explorations of the cultic nature of the site.
