Symbiosis, Symbolism, and the Power of the Past: Canaan, Ancient Israel, and Their Neighbors, from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina

Published by Penn State University Press 2003

Symbiosis, Symbolism, and the Power of the Past

Canaan, Ancient Israel, and Their Neighbors, from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina

Edited by: William G. Dever and Seymour (Sy) Gitin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065458

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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 Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Opening Remarks: Greetings Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Part I Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond
Palace Economies in the Late Bronze Age and The Dark Age That Never Was (Iron Age I)
Islands in the Sea: Aegean Polities as Levantine Neighbors Sarah P. Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Case of Ugarit and Carchemish: A Contrast Annie Caubet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Greece and Anatolia in the Early Iron Age: The Archaeological Evidence and the Literary Tradition James D. Muhly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Mediterranean Economy: “Globalization” at the End of the Second Millennium B.C.E. Susan Sherratt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
The Dynamics of Statehood (Iron Age II)
The Patrimonial Kingdom of Solomon Lawrence E. Stager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
City-States to States: Polity Dynamics in the 10th–9th Centuries B.C.E. Israel Finkelstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Remarks on Biblical Traditions and Archaeological Evidence concerning Early Israel Amihai Mazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Assyria’s Expansion in the 8th and 7th Centuries and Its Long-Term Repercussions in the West Simo Parpola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Egyptian Interventions in the Levant in Iron Age II Kenneth A. Kitchen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Imperial Interventions (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
Early Achaemenid Iran: New Considerations David Stronach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Palestine among the Empires from the 4th to the 1st Century B.C.E.: Impact and Reaction Doron Mendels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Part II Religion and Distinction
Shadow-Boxing the Canaanites (The Late Bronze Age)
Temple or “Bêt Marzea” Manfred Bietak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Amarna and Later: Aspects of Social History Anson F. Rainey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Emerging Forms and Practices (Iron Age I)
The Aegean and the Orient: Cultic Interactions Trude Dothan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
The Cult of Astarte in Cyprus Vassos Karageorghis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
False Dichotomies in Descriptions of Israelite Religion: A Problem, Its Origin, and a Proposed Solution Ziony Zevit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
The Formative Period of State Religion (Iron Age II)
Mesopotamian Imperialism and Israelite Religion: A Case Study from the Second Isaiah Peter Machinist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
When the Heavens Darkened: Yahweh, El, and the Divine Astral Family in Iron Age II Judah Mark S. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Israelite and Philistine Cult and the Archaeological Record in Iron Age II: The “Smoking Gun” Phenomenon Seymour Gitin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Cult—Coast and Interior (The Persian Period)
Phoenician Cult Expressions in the Persian Period Edouard Lipinski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
The Phoenician Source of Palestinian Cults at the End of the Iron Age Ephraim Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Late Israelite Astronomies and the Early Greeks Baruch Halpern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Romans, Jews, and Christians
The Jewish World and the Coming of Rome John J. Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues Jodi Magness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Part III The History of the Family: Continuity and Change
Units and Cultural Unities (Iron Age I)
Nine Months among the Peasants in the Palestinian Highlands: An Anthropological Perspective on Local Religion in the Early Iron Age Karel van der Toorn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
Building Identity: The Four-Room House and the Israelite Mind Shlomo Bunimovitz and Avraham Faust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Household Economy (Iron Age II)
Material Remains and Social Relations: Women’s Culture in Agrarian Households of the Iron Age Carol Meyers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
The Clan-Based Economy of Biblical Israel Baruch A. Levine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
At Home with the Goddess Susan Ackerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
Families, Houses, and Homes (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
The Family in Persian Period Judah: Some Textual Reflections H. G. M. Williamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	469
Roman-Period Houses from the Galilee: Domestic Architecture and Gendered Spaces Eric M. Meyers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	487
Apocryphal Women: From Fiction to (Arti)fact Amy-Jill Levine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
Part IV Closing Remarks
Syro-Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology: Into the Next Millennium William G. Dever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513
Special Public Lecture
Jerusalem as a Royal and Cultic Center in the 10th–8th Centuries B.C.E. David Ussishkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	529
Discussions
Part I. Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539
Part II. Religion and Distinction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	544
Part III. The History of the Family: Continuity and Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
Special Public Lectures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	564
Appendix I
Opening of the Israel Museum Exhibit Thundering on High: Images of the Canaanite Storm God in Honor of the Albright/ASOR Centennial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	569
Appendix II
Greetings Presented at the Israel Exploration Society Reception on Behalf of the Archaeological Institutions in Israel Held at the Israel Museum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	571
Indexes
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577
Index of Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	586
Index of Ancient Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	593

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 624

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Published: June 23, 2003
ISBN: 9781575065458