Read more
Zusatztext Overall, readers will find Lester L. Grabbe’s The Dawn of Israel to be an extremely useful contribution to the study of the history of ancient Israel and the wider Levantine and Near Eastern region … it is clear that this is a book created by a scholar who has spent decades working on the problem of reconstructing the history of ancient Israel and the wider region and has always vigorously insisted on the importance of questioning assumptions and looking beyond established consensuses. Grabbe has done the field a service in distilling his immense knowledge and expertise into this rich, readable contribution, and the result is extraordinary. Informationen zum Autor Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? Klappentext In this companion volume to his bestselling Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Lester L. Grabbe provides the background history of the main ancient Near Eastern peoples and empires: Babylonia, Assyria, Urartu, Hittites, Amorites, Egyptians. Grabbe's focus is on Palestine/Canaan and covers the early second millennium, including the Middle Bronze Age and the Second Intermediate Period and Hyksos rule of Egypt. Grabbe also addresses the question of a 'patriarchal period'. The main focus of the book is on the second half of the second millennium: Late Bronze and early Iron Age, the Egyptian New Kingdom, the Amarna letters, the Sea Peoples, the question of 'the exodus', the early settlements in the hill country of Palestine, and the first mention of Israel in the Merenptah inscription. Archaeology and the contribution of the social sciences both feature heavily, as does inscriptional and iconographic material. As such this volume provides a fascinating portrayal of ancient Israel and this definitive work by one of the world's leading biblical historians will be of interest to all students and scholars of biblical history. Zusammenfassung In this companion volume to his bestselling Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Lester L. Grabbe provides the background history of the main ancient Near Eastern peoples and empires: Babylonia, Assyria, Urartu, Hittites, Amorites, Egyptians. Grabbe's focus is on Palestine/Canaan and covers the early second millennium, including the Middle Bronze Age and the Second Intermediate Period and Hyksos rule of Egypt. Grabbe also addresses the question of a 'patriarchal period'. The main focus of the book is on the second half of the second millennium: Late Bronze and early Iron Age, the Egyptian New Kingdom, the Amarna letters, the Sea Peoples, the question of 'the exodus', the early settlements in the hill country of Palestine, and the first mention of Israel in the Merenptah inscription. Archaeology and the contribution of the social sciences both feature heavily, as does inscriptional and iconographic material. As such this volume provides a fascinating portrayal of ancient Israel and this definitive work by one of the world's leading biblical historians will be of interest to all students and scholars of biblical history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Third Millennium Context Part II: Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1600 BCE) Chapter 3: Ancient Near Eastern ContextChapter 4: Syria and Palestine Part III: Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BCE) Chapter 5: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including SyriaChapter 6: Palestine/Canaan Part IV: Early Iron Age (c. 1200-900 BCE) Chapter 7: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria and Transjordan (1200-900 BCE)Chapter 8: Palestine (1200-900 BCE) Part V: Conclusions Chapter 9: The Origins of Israel - A Hol...
