Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel - Insights From the Archaeological Record

"This book advances a new perspective on the birth of ancient Israel combining the archaeological data and biblical sources through the discovery of the metallurgical background of ancient Yahwism. It should concern archaeologists, biblical scholars, and readers with an interest in the development of the religions based on the biblical tradition"--

List of contents

Part I. The Movement of Emancipation in the Southern Levant: 1. Baal and the Amorite hegemony; 2. Israel and the Amorites; 3. The fraternal alliance in the Southern Levant; 4. The substratum of the movement of emancipation; Part II. The Primeval Identity of YHWH: 5. The metallurgical background of ancient Yahwism; 6. YHWH and El; Part III. The Conception of Israel: 7. The Israelite singularity; 8. The exodus-conquest ideology; 9. Integrative Yahwism.

About the author

Nissim Amzallag is Associate Researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University. He is the author of more than fifty papers and three books, most recently Psalm 29: A Canaanite Hymn to YHWH in the Psalter (Peeters, 2021).

Product details

• Authors: Nissim Amzallag, Nissim (Ben-Gurion University of the Neg Amzallag, Nissim (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Amzallag
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009314763
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0931476-3
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; RELIGION / Judaism / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, Ancient / Biblical Israel, History of Art, Judaism, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE