Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)

381 Pages·2011·6.51 MB·English

by  S. Bar

Egypt, Canaan and Israel:
History, Imperialism, Ideology
and Literature
Culture and History of the
Ancient Near East
Founding Editor
M.H.E. Weippert
Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Schneider
Editors
Eckart Frahm
W. Randall Garr
B. Halpern
Theo P.J. van den Hout
Irene J. Winter
VOLUME 52
Egypt, Canaan and Israel:
History, Imperialism, Ideology
and Literature
Proceedings of a Conference at the
University of Haifa, 3–7 May 2009
Edited by
S. Bar, D. Kahn and JJ Shirley
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
Graphics and design: Sapir Haad.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Egypt, Canaan and Israel : history, imperialism, ideology and literature : proceedings of a
conference at the University of Haifa, 3–7 May 2009 / edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn and JJ Shirley.
p. cm. — (Culture and history of the ancient Near East, ISSN 1566-2055 ; v. 52)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-19493-9 (hardback :alk. paper) 1. Palestine—Civilization—Congresses.
2. Palestine—Politics and government—Congresses. 3. Palestine—Antiquities—Congresses.
4. Egypt—Civilization—Congresses. 5. Egypt—Politics and government—To 332 B.C.—
Congresses. 6. Egypt—Antiquities—Congresses. 7. Canaanites—History—Congresses.
8. Canaanites—Politics and government—Congresses. 9. Jews—History—To 1200 B.C.—
Congresses. 10. Jews—History—1200–953 B.C.—Congresses. 11. Jews—History—953–586 B.C.—
Congresses. 12. Egypt—History—Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180–ca. 1551 B.C.—Congresses.
13. Egypt—History—New Kingdom, ca. 1550–ca. 1070 B.C. 14. Egypt—Relations—Palestine—
Congresses. 15. Palestine—Relations—Egypt—Congresses. I. Bar, Shay. II. Kahn, Dan’el.
III. Shirley, Judith J.
DS112.E28 2009
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2011015791
ISSN 1566-2055
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations ....................................................................................VII
Introduction ..........................................................................................1
Conference Program ..............................................................................5
Conference Images ................................................................................6
ARTICLES
Shirly Ben-Dor Evian – Shishak’s Karnak Relief – More Than Just
Name-Rings ...................................................................................11
Daphna Ben-Tor – Egyptian-Canaanite Relations in the Middle and
Late Bronze Ages as Reflected by Scarabs ........................................23
Susanne Binder – Joseph’s Rewarding and Investiture (Genesis 41:41-43)
and the Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt ..........................44
Michael G. Hasel – The Battle of Kadesh: Identifying New Kingdom
Polities, Places, and Peoples in Canaan and Syria ............................65
James K. Hoffmeier – David’s Triumph Over Goliath: 1 Samuel 17:54
and Ancient Near Eastern Analogues ..............................................87
Susan Tower Hollis – Two Hymns as Praise Poems, Royal Ideology,
and History in Ancient Israel and Ancient Egypt: A Comparative
Reflection .....................................................................................115
Dan’el Kahn – One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward: The
Relations Between Amenhotep III, King of Egypt and Tushratta,
King of Mitanni ...........................................................................136
Amihai Mazar – The Egyptian Garrison Town at Beth-Shean ............155
Kerry Muhlestein – Levantine Thinking in Egypt..............................190
Marcus Müller – A View to a Kill: Egypt’s Grand Strategy in her
Northern Empire ..........................................................................236
VI (cid:36)ON(cid:53)(cid:38)(cid:47)(cid:53)S
Boyo Ockinga – Hatshepsut’s Appointment as Crown Prince and
the Egyptian Background to Isaiah 9:5 .........................................252
Bernd U. Schipper – Egyptian Imperialism after the New Kingdom:
The 26th Dynasty and the Southern Levant ..................................268
JJ Shirley – What’s in a Title? Military and Civil Officials in the
Egyptian 18th Dynasty Military Sphere .........................................291
Carola Vogel – This Far and Not a Step Further! The Ideological
Concept of Ancient Egyptian Boundary Stelae .............................320
Adam Zertal – The Arunah Pass ........................................................342
INDEX
Index .................................................................................................357
Abbreviations
Abbreviations Used in the Text
CG Catalogue General du Caire
JE Journal d’Entrée
TT Theban Tomb
EA El Amarna
Journal and Series Abbreviations
ÄA Ägyptologische BACE Bulletin of the Australian
Abhandlungen Centre for Egyptology
ÄAT Ägypten und Altes BAR Biblical Archaeology
Testament, Wiesbaden
Review
AEO Gardiner, A. H. Ancient
BASOR Bulletin of the American
Egyptian Onomastica, 2
Schools of Oriental
vols., Oxford, 1947
Research
AfO Archiv für Orientforschung
BdE Bibliothèque d’Études,
AION Annali dell’Istituto
IFAO
Orientale di Napoli
BES Bulletin of the
AJA American Journal of
Egyptological Seminar
Archaeology
BMSAES British Museum Studies
ÄL Ägypten und Levante in Ancient Egypt and
ANET Pritchard J. (ed.), Sudan
Ancient Near Eastern BSFE Bulletin de la Société
Texts Relating to the Old
française d’Égyptologie
Testament, 3rd ed. with
CAA Corpus antiquitatum
supplement. Princeton,
Aegyptiacarum
1969
CBQ Catholic Biblical
AnSt Anatolian Studies
Quarterly
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes
Testament CdÉ Chronique d’Égypte
ARCE American Research Center CHANE Culture and History of
Reports in Egypt Reports the Ancient Near East
DE Discussions in Egyptology
ASE Archaeological Survey of
Egypt GM Göttinger Miszellen
AV Archäologische HÄB Hildesheimer
Veröffentlichungen ägyptologische Beiträge
BA Biblical Archaeologist HAR Hebrew Annual Review
VIII ABBREVIATIONS
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal MÄS Münchner
ägyptologische Studien
IFAO Institut Française
d’Arcéologie Orientale MDAIK Mitteilungen des
IOS Israel Oriental Studies Deutschen Archäologischen
Instituts, Abt. Kairo
JAOS Journal of the American
Oriental Society MDOG Mitteilungen
der Deutschen
JARCE Journal of the American
Orientgesellschaft
Research Center
MIO Mitteilungen des Instituts
JBL Journal of Biblical
für Orientforschung
Literature
MRTO Schulman A. Military
JCS Journal of Cuneiform
Rank, Title, and
Studies
Organization in the
JEA Journal of Egyptian Egyptian New Kingdom,
Archaeology Münchner Ägyptologische
Studien 6, Berlin, 1964
JEgH Journal of Egyptian
N.A.B.U. Nouvelles Assyriologiques
History
Brèves et Utilitaires
JESHO Journal of the Economic
OBO Orbis Biblicus et
and Social History of the
Orientalis, Freiburg
Orient
OIP Oriental Institute
JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies
Publications
JNES Journal of Near Eastern
OLA Orientalia Lovaniensa
Studies
Analecta
JSOT Journal for the Study of
OLP Orientalia Lovaniensia
the Old Testament
Periodica
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
Or Orientalia
JSSEA Journal of the Society of PdO Probleme der
the Study of Egyptian Ägyptologie
Antiquities
PEQ Palestine Exploration
KRI K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Quarterly
Inscriptions: Historical
PJ Palästina-Jahrbuch
and Biographical, 7 vols.
Oxford, 1968 – 1988 PMMA Publications of the
Metropolitan Museum
KS Kleine Schriften zur
of Art Egyptian
Geschichte des Volkes
Expedition
Israel, München
RdÉ Revue d’Égyptologie
LÄ Lexikon der Ägyptologie,
Wiesbaden, 1975-1987
ABBREVIATIONS IX
RecTrav Recueil de traveaux ThLZ Theologische
relatifs à la philologie et à Literaturzeitung
l’archéologie TZ Theologische Zeitschrift
SAGA Studien zur Archäologie UF Ugarit Forschungen
und Geschichte
Urk. Sethe K. et al., Urkunden
Altägyptens
des ägyptiscen Altertums,
SAK Studien Zur
Leipzig, 1906
Altägyptischen Kultur
VT Vetus Testamentum
SAOC Studies in Ancient
WB Erman, A. and Grapow,
Oriental Civilization
H. Wörterbuch der
SBL Society of Biblical Ägyptischen Sprache
Literature
ZA Zeitschrift für Assyriologie
SBLM Society of Biblical und Archäologie
Literature Monographs
ZÄS Zeitschrift für
SMEA Studia Miceni ed Egeo-
ägyptische Sprache und
Anatolici
Altertumskunde
SSEA Society for the Study of
ZAW Zeitschrift für die
News letter Egyptian Antiquities
Alttestamentliche
Newsletter
Wissenschaft
TA Tel Aviv
ZDPV Zeitschrift des Deutschen
TAVO Tübingen Atlas der Palästina-Vereins
Vorderer Orient