Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.). Volume 1. The Archaeology

254 Pages·2008·22.6 MB·English

by  Lester L. Grabbe

ISRAEL IN
TRANSITION
Fro m Late Bro n ze II to
IRON IlA (C. 1250-850 BCE):
1 T he Arch a eo lo g y
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LIBRARY OF HEBREW BIBLE/
OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES
491
FormerlyJ ournal tor the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series
Editors
Claudia V. Camp, Texas Christian University
Andrew Mein, Westcott House, Cambridge
Founding Editors
David J. A. Clines, Philip R. Davies and David M. Gunn
Editorial Board
Richard J. Coggins, A an Cooper, John Goldingay, Robert P. Gordon,
Norman K. Gottwald, G na Hens-Piazza, John Jarick, Andrew D. H. Mayes,
Carol Meyers, Patrick D. Miller, Yvonne Sherwood
EUROPEAN SEMINAR IN HISTORICAL
METHODOLOGY
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Editor
Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull
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ISRAEL IN TRANSITION
From Late Bronze II to Iron lia (c. 1250-850 B.C.E.).
Volume 1. The Archaeology
(A Conference Supported by
the Arts and Humanities Research Council)
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edited by
Lester L. Grabbe
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Israel in transition : from late Bronze II to Iron lia (c. 1250-850 BCE) / edited by Lester L.
Grabbc.
p. cm. — (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 491 ) (European seminar in
historical methodology : 7)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-567-02726-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-567-02726-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) I. Israel-Antiquities-Congresses.
2. Palcstine-Antiquities-Congrcsses. 3. Palestine-History-To 70 A.D.-Congresses.
4. Bronze age-Palestinc--Congrcsscs. 5. Excavations (Archaeology)--Isracl-Congrcsses.
I. Grabbc. Lester L. II. Title. III. Scries.
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To the memory> of
Professor Andrew Sherratt (1946-2006)
and
Professor John Nicolas Coldstream (1927-2008f
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Contents
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Part I
Introduction
Introduction
Lester L. Grabbe
Part II
Essays
A Border Case: Beth-Shemesh and
the Rise of ancient Israel
Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lcdcrtnan
Three Snapshots ok the Iron IIa:
The N orthern V alleys, the Southern Steppe
and Jerusalem
Israel Finkclstcin. Alexander Fantalkin and Eliczcr Piasetzky
Jezreel: Before and After Jezebel
Norma Franklin
A egean-Style Pottery and Associated
Assemblages in the Southern Levant:
Chronological Implications Regarding
the Transition from the Late Bronze II to the Iron I
and the Appearance o - the Philistines
Ann E. Killcbrcw
From archeology to History, Bronze and Iron Ages
W ith Special Regard to the Y ear 1200 b.c.e.,
and the Tenth Century
Emst Axel Knauf
VIII Israel in Transition
FROM 1200 TO 850 B.C.E.: REMARKS ON SOME
Selected Archaeological Issues
Amihai Mazar 86
CONTEXTUALIZING VILLAGE LIFE IN THE IRON AGE I
Beth Alpeit Nakhai 121
The Iron Age II Finds From The Rock-Cut “Pool"
Near the Spring in Jerusalem: A Prelim inary Report
Ronny Reich. Eli Shukron, and Omri Lernau 138
Thinking “Globally” and Analysing “Locally":
South-Central Jordan in Transition
Bruce Routlcdgc 144
The Iron age Chronology of the Levant:
The State-of-Researcii at the
14C Dating Project, Spring 2006
Ilan Sharon, Ayclct Gilboa, and Elisabctta Boarctto 177
Propaganda in Jerusalem:
State Formation in Iron Age Judah
M argreet Steiner 193
The Date of the Philistine Settlem ent
in the C oastal Plain: The View from
M egiddo and Laciiish
David Ussishkin 203
Part III
Conclusions
Reflections on the Discussion
Lester L. Grabbe 219
Index of References 233
Index of Authors 234
A bbreviations
AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research
ΛΑΤ Ägypten und Altes Testament
ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities ofJ ordan
ADPV Abhandlungen des deutschen Palästina-Vereins
AJA American Journal ofA rchaeology'
ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BAR British Archaeological Reports
BAR Biblical Archaeology Review
BASOR Bulletin oft he American Schools ofO riental Research
CBOTS Coniectanea biblica Old Testament Series
ESHM European Seminar in Historical Methodology
FAT Forschungen mm Alten Testament
IAA Israel Antiquities Authority
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
JA OS Journal of the American Oriental Society
JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology>
JESHO Journal of the Social and Economic History oft he Orient
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series
LAPO Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient
LB Late Bronze
LBA Late Bronze Age
LC Low Chronology
LHBOT Library of Hebrew Biblc/Old Testament Studies
MBA Middle Bronze Age
MCC Modified Conventional Chronology
NEA Near Eastern Archaeology·
NEAEIIL The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land.
Edited by E. Stem. 4 vols. Jerusalem, 1993
OLA Orientalia lovaniensia analecta
PdÄ Probleme der Ägyptologie
PEFA Palestine Exploration Fund Annual
PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly
QD Quaestiones cisputatae
SAOC Studies in Ancicnt Oriental Civilizations
SBLABS Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies
T7. Theologische Zeitschrift
VTSup Supplements .0 Veins Testamentum
ZDPV Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina- Vereins