Age of Empires - The History and Administration of Judah in the 8th 2nd Centuries Bce

Examines the administrative system and function of stamp impressions on storage jars in ancient Israel, illustrating the history of Judah during six centuries of subjugation to the empires that ruled the region.

About the author

Oded Lipschits is Professor of Jewish History in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University and the Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology. He is also the Incumbent of the Austria Chair of the Archeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period and the head of the international M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Ancient Israel Studies. Professor Lipschits directed the excavations at Ramat Raḥel between 2005 and 2010. Since 2012 he has been the Director of the Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition, and in recent years he has also been directing excavations in the new temple of the biblical period discovered in Moẓa, a few kilometers from Jerusalem.

Summary

Examines the administrative system and function of stamp impressions on storage jars in ancient Israel, illustrating the history of Judah during six centuries of subjugation to the empires that ruled the region.

Product details

• Authors: Oded Lipschits, Lipschits Oded
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781646021604
• ISBN: 978-1-64602-160-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Mosaics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Ancient history: to c 500 CE