UID:
almafu_9959975607502883
Format:
1 online resource (624 p.)
ISBN:
9781575065458
Content:
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, this collection of erudite essays concentrates on the archaeology of ancient Israel, Canaan, and neighboring nations.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Opening Remarks: Greetings --
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Part I Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond --
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Palace Economies in the Late Bronze Age and The Dark Age That Never Was (Iron Age I) --
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Islands in the Sea: Aegean Polities as Levantine Neighbors --
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The Case of Ugarit and Carchemish: A Contrast --
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Greece and Anatolia in the Early Iron Age: --
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The Mediterranean Economy: --
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The Dynamics of Statehood (Iron Age II) --
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The Patrimonial Kingdom of Solomon --
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City-States to States: Polity Dynamics in the 10th–9th Centuries B.C.E. --
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Remarks on Biblical Traditions and Archaeological Evidence concerning Early Israel --
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Assyria’s Expansion in the 8th and 7th Centuries and Its Long-Term Repercussions in the West --
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Egyptian Interventions in the Levant in Iron Age II --
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Imperial Interventions (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods) --
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Early Achaemenid Iran: New Considerations --
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Palestine among the Empires from the 4th to the 1st Century B.C.E.: Impact and Reaction --
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Part II Religion and Distinction --
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Shadow-Boxing the Canaanites (The Late Bronze Age) --
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Temple or “Bêt Marzea” --
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Amarna and Later: Aspects of Social History --
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Emerging Forms and Practices (Iron Age I) --
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The Aegean and the Orient: Cultic Interactions --
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The Cult of Astarte in Cyprus --
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False Dichotomies in Descriptions of Israelite Religion: --
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The Formative Period of State Religion (Iron Age II) --
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Mesopotamian Imperialism and Israelite Religion: --
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When the Heavens Darkened: Yahweh, El, and the Divine Astral Family in Iron Age II Judah --
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Israelite and Philistine Cult and the Archaeological Record in Iron Age II: The “Smoking Gun” Phenomenon --
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Cult—Coast and Interior (The Persian Period) --
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Phoenician Cult Expressions in the Persian Period --
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The Phoenician Source of Palestinian Cults at the End of the Iron Age --
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Late Israelite Astronomies and the Early Greeks --
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Romans, Jews, and Christians --
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The Jewish World and the Coming of Rome --
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Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues --
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Part III The History of the Family: Continuity and Change --
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Units and Cultural Unities (Iron Age I) --
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Nine Months among the Peasants in the Palestinian Highlands: An Anthropological Perspective on Local Religion in the Early Iron Age --
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Building Identity: --
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Household Economy (Iron Age II) --
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Material Remains and Social Relations: --
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The Clan-Based Economy of Biblical Israel --
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At Home with the Goddess --
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Families, Houses, and Homes (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods) --
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The Family in Persian Period Judah: Some Textual Reflections --
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Roman-Period Houses from the Galilee: --
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Apocryphal Women: From Fiction to (Arti)fact --
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Part IV Closing Remarks --
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Syro-Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology: Into the Next Millennium --
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Special Public Lecture --
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Jerusalem as a Royal and Cultic Center in the 10th–8th Centuries B.C.E. --
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Discussions --
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Part I. Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond --
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Part II. Religion and Distinction --
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Part III. The History of the Family: Continuity and Change --
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Special Public Lectures --
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Appendix I --
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Opening of the Israel Museum Exhibit Thundering on High: --
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Appendix II --
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Greetings Presented at the Israel Exploration Society Reception on Behalf of the Archaeological Institutions in Israel Held at the Israel Museum --
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Indexes --
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Index of Authors --
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Index of Scripture --
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Index of Ancient Texts
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781575065458
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065458
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575065458
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065458
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575065458
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