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Three Conquests of Canaan
ÅA Wars in the Middle East are almost an every day part of Eero Junkkaala:of Three Canaan Conquests our lives, and undeniably the history of war in this area is very long indeed. This study examines three such wars, all of which were directed against the Land of Canaan. Two campaigns were conducted by Egyptian Pharaohs and one by the Israelites. The question considered being Eero Junkkaala whether or not these wars really took place. This study gives one methodological viewpoint to answer this ques- tion. The author studies the archaeology of all the geo- Three Conquests of Canaan graphical sites mentioned in the lists of Thutmosis III and A Comparative Study of Two Egyptian Military Campaigns and Shishak and compares them with the cities mentioned in Joshua 10-12 in the Light of Recent Archaeological Evidence the Conquest stories in the Book of Joshua. Altogether 116 sites were studied, and the com- parison between the texts and the archaeological results offered a possibility of establishing whether the cities mentioned, in the sources in question, were inhabited, and, furthermore, might have been destroyed during the time of the Pharaohs and the biblical settlement pe- riod. Despite the nature of the two written sources being so very different it was possible to make a comparative study. This study gives a fresh view on the fierce discus- sion concerning the emergence of the Israelites. It also challenges both Egyptological and biblical studies to use the written texts and the archaeological material togeth- er so that they are not so separated from each other, as is often the case. -
BIBLIOTHECA SACRA for July, 1916, Mr
1918.] ,The Exodus in the Light of Archteology. 543 ARTICLE III. THE EXODUS IN THE LIGHT OF ARCH2EOLOGY. BY THE REVEREND A. E. WHATHAM, LOUISVILlE, KY. IN the BIBLIOTHECA SACRA for July, 1916, Mr. Harold M. Wiener published an article entitled "The Date of the Ex odus," and in October, 1917, one on " The Date of the Exo dus and the Chronology of Judges." Now Mr. Wiener claims to have shown in his first artkle that the Israelites were defeated by the Egyptian Pharaoh, Merneptah, in the fifth year of his reign, being overthrown outside of Egypt somewhere between its eastern border and the southern border of Canaan. In his second article Mr. Wiener claims to have shown that the Exodus of Israel from Egypt took place in the second year of Merneptah's reign. In other words, Mr. Wiener claims to have shown that the defeat of Israel which is mentioned on the celebrated Mer neptah stele took place after the Exodus, and while the Israelites were yet in the wilderness. In opposition to Mr. Wiener's assertions stands a previous statement by the well-known scholars Professors Harris and Chapman, that "a recently-deciphered Egyptian inscription ... shows that the Beqe-Israel were already in Palestine at the time of the Exodus, so that the migration must have been partial and not national" (" Exodus and Journey to Ca naan." HDB, vol. i. p. 802). The discoverer of this Egyptian stele, Professor Petrie, Digitized by Google 544 The Exodus in the Light of ArcMology. [Oct. views the defeat of "Israel," to which reference is made on 'this stele, as an overthrow which took place in Palestine while the histork Israel had not yet fled from Egypt (Cont. -
MESHA STELE. Discovered at Dhiban in 1868 by a Protestant Missionary
MESHA STELE. Discovered at Dhiban in 1868 by a Protestant missionary traveling in Transjordan, the 35-line Mesha Inscription (hereafter MI, sometimes called the Moabite Stone) remains the longest-known royal inscription from the Iron Age discovered in the area of greater Palestine. As such, it has been examined repeatedly by scholars and is available in a number of modern translations (ANET, DOTT). Formally, the MI is like other royal inscriptions of a dedicatory nature from the period. Mesha, king of Moab, recounts the favor of Moab's chief deity, Chemosh (Kemosh), in delivering Moab from the control of its neighbor, Israel. While the MI contains considerable historical detail, formal parallels suggest the Moabite king was selective in arranging the sequence of events to serve his main purpose of honoring Chemosh. This purpose is indicated by lines 3-4 of the MI, where Mesha says that he erected the stele at the "high place" in Qarh\oh, which had been built to venerate Chemosh. The date of the MI can be set with a 20-30-year variance. It must have been written either just before the Israelite king Ahab's death (ca. 853/852 B.C.) or a decade or so after his demise. The reference to Ahab is indicated by the reference in line 8 to Omri's "son," or perhaps "sons" (unfortunately, without some additional information, it is impossible to tell morphologically whether the word [bnh] is singular or plural). Ahab apparently died not long after the battle of Qarqar, in the spring of 853, when a coalition of states in S Syria/Palestine, of which Ahab was a leader, faced the encroaching Assyrians under Shalmaneser III. -
Biblical Archaeology: the Hydra of Palestine's History
Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift 78. årg., 2015 s. 243-260 Biblical Archaeology: The Hydra of Palestine’s History Professor emeritus, ph.d. Thomas L. Thompson, Københavns Universitet Abstract: Both Israel Finkelstein and William Dever have allegedly dis- tanced themselves from the kind of “biblical archaeology” of William F. Albright. Their own efforts, however, to relate Palestinian archaeology and biblical narrative not only reflect Albright’s earlier methods, they create a politically oriented incoherence. In three recent works, since the turn of the millennia, Finkelstein uses archaeologically based argu- ments primarily to resolve problems of biblical interpretation. Dever, who also has published three biblical-archaeological studies since 2001, concentrates, rather, on archaeological issues, while using biblical nar- rative for his underlying historical context. A discussion of the figures of Solomon and Josiah on the one hand and a discussion of “landscape archaeology” and site classification, on the other hand, illustrate the shortcomings of their methodology. Keywords: Biblical archaeology – history of Palestine – Canaanite – Is- raelite – Solomon – Josiah. Albrightean “Biblical Archaeology” In a presentation of “expert opinions” in the article “Biblical Archaeo- logy” in Wikipedia,1 both William Dever and Israel Finkelstein are cited – along with Ze’ev Herzog – as clearly distancing themselves from Albrightean “biblical archaeology”– a theologically apologetic discourse on the use of Palestinian archaeology in support of the hi- storicity -
Boundaries and Inheritance As Legal Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible and Hellenistic Jewish Literature
Some of the Other Works of the Torah: Boundaries and Inheritance as Legal Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible and Hellenistic Jewish Literature Author: Daniel Jon Vos Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108730 This work is posted on eScholarship@BC, Boston College University Libraries. Boston College Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, 2020 Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. SOME OF THE OTHER WORKS OF THE TORAH: BOUNDARIES AND INHERITANCE AS LEGAL METAPHORS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND HELLENISTIC JEWISH LITERATURE Daniel Jon Vos A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the department of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Boston College Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Graduate School March 2020 © Copyright 2020 Daniel Jon Vos SOME OF THE OTHER WORKS OF THE TORAH: BOUNDARIES AND INHERITANCE AS LEGAL METAPHORS IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND HELLENISTIC JEWISH LITERATURE Daniel Jon Vos Advisor: David S. Vanderhooft, Ph.D. In this dissertation, I explore the metaphorical value of law in the Hebrew Bible and Hellenistic Jewish literature. While the study of biblical law and Hellenistic Jewish halakah is well established, less attention has been paid to the intentional use of legal diction to create legal metaphors—metaphors that draw upon legal language for the sake of generating new ethical and theological insights. My argument is based upon Roger White’s theory of metaphor which states that a metaphor juxtaposes two otherwise unrelated vocabularies in order to produce new meaning. Thus, I draw upon comparative study of ancient Near Eastern law as a means of understanding the register of biblical Hebrew legal diction concerning land tenure and inheritance. -
Tanakh and Archaeology B. from Achav Onwards the Latest
Fundamental Issues in the Study of Tanakh By Rav Amnon Bazak Shiur #6b: Tanakh and Archaeology B. From Achav onwards The latest period in which controversy arises regarding the relationship between the Biblical text and the archaeological record is from the reign of King Achav, in the first half of the 9th century B.C.E., onwards.[1] Archaeological discoveries dating from this time – which many researchers believe to be the period during which the Books of the Torah and of the Prophets were written – do generally accord with the textual account, and therefore scholars acknowledge the basic reliability of the Tanakh’s historical descriptions from this period onwards. These discoveries are very exciting in their own right, lending a powerful sense of connection to the world of the Tanakh through a direct, unmediated encounter with the remains of the concrete reality described in the text. Indeed, the discovery of the first relevant findings, in the 19th century, refuted some prevalent critical approaches which had maintained that all the biblical narratives were later creations, severed from any historical context. We shall discuss some of the most famous findings relating to narratives about the Israelite kingdom from the period of Achav onwards. 1. In Sefer Melakhim we read: "And Mesha, king of Moav, was a sheepmaster, and he delivered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. But it was, when Achav died, that the king of Moav rebelled against the king of Israel…" (Melakhim II 3:4-5) In 1868, a stele (inscribed stone) dating to the 9th century B.C.E. -
Or Biblical Balak?1
TEL AVIV Vol. 46, 2019, 3–11 Restoring Line 31 in the Mesha Stele: The ‘House of David’ or Biblical Balak?1 Israel Finkelstein1, Nadav Na’aman1 and Thomas Römer2 1Tel Aviv University, 2Collège de France, University of Lausanne After studying new photographs of the Mesha Stele and the squeeze of the stele prepared before the stone was broken, we dismiss Lemaire’s proposal House of David’) on Line 31. It is now clear that there are‘) בת]ד[וד to read three consonants in the name of the monarch mentioned there, and that the first is a beth. We cautiously propose that the name on Line 31 be read as Balak, the king of Moab referred to in the Balaam story in Numbers 22–24. Keywords Mesha Stele, Mesha, Moab, Beth David, Balak, Horonaim, Horon The bottom part of the Mesha Stele, which includes Line 31, is broken (Fig. 1). About צאן seven letters are missing from the beginning of the line, followed by the words sheep/small cattle of the land”). Next there is a vertical stroke that marks“) הארץ And“) וחורנן ישב בה the transition to a new sentence, which opens with the words Hawronēn dwelt therein”). Evidently a name is expected to follow. Then there is a legible beth, followed by a partially eroded, partially broken section with space for two letters, followed by a waw and an unclear letter. The rest of the line, with space for three letters, is missing. Scholars have offered a variety of possibilities in an effort to complete and decipher :Clermont-Ganneau (1875: 173; 1887 .ישב בה the eroded and missing part of Line 31 after and suggested that “il faut très probablement y chercher un ou deux ב]..[וד read here (107 noms propres dʼhomme” (1887: 107). -
The Stele of Merneptah—Assessment of the Final 'Israel' Strophe and Its
VIEWPOINT || JOURNAL OF CREATION 27(1) 2013 The Stele of Merneptah—assessment of the final ‘Israel’ strophe and its implications for chronology Patrick Clarke The text of the final poetic strophe of the famous stele of the pharaoh Merneptah (item JE 31408, the Cairo Museum) appears to mention Israel. With few exceptions, the majority of archeologists date this text and Merneptah’s reign to the 1200s bc in the Conventional Egyptian Chronology. This would place both this pharaoh and his stele in the biblical time of the Judges. An analysis of this Egyptian text indicates that Merneptah’s reign should instead be dated to 913–903 bc; a movement of three centuries. Furthermore, the stele offers tantalizing clues to the identity of the biblical Shishak. All this has huge ramifications for biblical chronology, bringing us closer to a satisfying correlation of established secular history with the inerrant biblical timeline. he black granite ‘Victory Stele’ of Merneptah was world-famous 28-line ‘Victory Stele’ discussed here, from Tdiscovered by W.F. Petrie in 1896. This stele (3.18 m his mortuary temple on the West Bank at modern Luxor. All high x 1.63 m wide) is the only known Egyptian document refer to military campaigns. generally accepted as mentioning ysry3l—Israel. The text Like his post-Amarna predecessors, Merneptah faced itself is dated by most analysts as c. 1209/1208 BC in the political/military issues in the Egyptian sphere of influence Conventional Egyptian Chronology (CEC). Merneptah’s during his reign. This included crushing a revolt in northern reign itself is assigned to the period 1213–1203 BC, which Reṯenu.1 In his regnal year four, there were problems on would place both this pharaoh and his stele in the biblical Egypt’s western borders which involved the Libyans.2 By time of the Judges. -
The Times of Israel Newly Deciphered Moabite Inscription May Be First Use
The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-deciphered-moabite-inscription-may-be-first-use-of- written-word-hebrews/ Newly deciphered Moabite inscription may be first use of written word ‘Hebrews’ Cylindrical altar from 3,000 years ago found in Jordan also offers first evidence of early Moabite script — and could repaint picture of geopolitics in the ancient Levantine world By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN 28 August 2019, 7:24 pm7 Inscribed late 9th or early 8th century BCE altar that was discovered in a Moabite sanctuary at the Khirbat Ataruz site in central Jordan in 2010. (Courtesy of Adam Bean) • Inscribed late 9th or early 8th century BCE altar from a Moabite sanctuary as found in situ at the Khirbat Ataruz site in central Jordan in 2010. (Courtesy) • Moabite sanctuary and stepped structure at the Khirbat Ataruz site in central Jordan. (Courtesy) • Aerial view of the Khirbat Ataruz site in central Jordan. (APAAME) • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 The earliest written use of the word “Hebrews” may have been found upon an inscribed Moabite altar discovered during ongoing excavations at the biblical site of Atarot (Khirbat Ataruz) in Jordan. The two newly deciphered late 9th century or very early 8th century BCE Moabite inscriptions incised into the cylindrical stone altar serve as tangible historical anchors for a battle of epic proportions. According to researcher Adam Bean’s Levant article on the find, “An inscribed altar from the Khirbat Ataruz Moabite sanctuary,” the inscriptions offer new insight into the bloody aftermath of the conquest of Atarot that is described in the famed Mesha Stele and in the Bible. -
From to Here Here
From here To here BIBLICAL SURVEY: Old Testament The Divided Monarchy: Judah (Part 3) Biblical-Literacy.com © Copyright 2011 by Mark Lanier. Permission hereby granted to reprint this document in its entirety without change, with reference given, and not for financial profit. 1040 Saul 1040 1010 Saul David 1040 1010 970 Saul David Solomon 1040 1010 970 930 Jeroboam (22 yrs) Saul David Solomon Rehoboam (17 yrs) 930 Jeroboam (22 yrs) Rehoboam (17 yrs) Jeroboam (22 yrs) 930 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Jeroboam (22 yrs) 930 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Jeroboam (22 yrs) 930 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) 930 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) Elah/Zimri/Omri (2 yrs/7 days/12 yrs) 930 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) Elah/Zimri/Omri (2 yrs/7 days/12 yrs) 930 880 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Ahab/Jezebel Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) Elah/Zimri/Omri (2 yrs/7 days/12 yrs) 930 880 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Ahab/Jezebel Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) Elah/Zimri/Omri (2 yrs/7 days/12 yrs) 930 880 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Abijam (2 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Ahab/Jezebel Jeroboam Baasha (24 yrs) (22 yrs) Elah/Zimri/Omri (2 yrs/7 days/12 yrs) 930 880 Rehoboam (17 yrs) Abijam (2 yrs) Asa (41 yrs) Invasion of Pharaoh Shoshenq I Nadab (2 yrs) Ahab/Jezebel -
The Valediction of Moses
Forschungen zum Alten Testament Edited by Konrad Schmid (Zürich) · Mark S. Smith (Princeton) Hermann Spieckermann (Göttingen) · Andrew Teeter (Harvard) 145 Idan Dershowitz The Valediction of Moses A Proto-Biblical Book Mohr Siebeck Idan Dershowitz: born 1982; undergraduate and graduate training at the Hebrew University, following several years of yeshiva study; 2017 elected to the Harvard Society of Fellows; currently Chair of Hebrew Bible and Its Exegesis at the University of Potsdam. orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-8504 Open access sponsored by the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at the Harvard Law School. ISBN 978-3-16-160644-1 / eISBN 978-3-16-160645-8 DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-160645-8 ISSN 0940-4155 / eISSN 2568-8359 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament) The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic data are available at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2021 Mohr Siebeck Tübingen, Germany. www.mohrsiebeck.com This work is licensed under the license “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Inter- national” (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). A complete Version of the license text can be found at: https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Any use not covered by the above license is prohibited and illegal without the permission of the publisher. The book was printed on non-aging paper by Gulde Druck in Tübingen, and bound by Buch- binderei Spinner in Ottersweier. Printed in Germany. Acknowledgments This work would not have been possible without the generosity of my friends, family, and colleagues. The Harvard Society of Fellows provided the ideal environment for this ven- ture.Atatimeinwhichacademiaisbecomingincreasinglyriskaverse,theSociety remains devoted to supporting its fellows’ passion projects. -
Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel Archaeology and Biblical Studies Tammi Schneider, Editor
Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel Archaeology and Biblical Studies Tammi Schneider, Editor Number 11 Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age by Christopher A. Rollston Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age Copyright © 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permit- ted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Office, Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rollston, Chris A. Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / by Christopher A. Rollston. p. cm. — (Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58983-107-0 (paper binding : alk. paper) 1. Inscriptions, Semitic. 2. Semitic languages, Northwest. 3. Bible. O.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 4. Middle Eastern literature—Relation to the Old Testament. 5. Pales- tine—Languages. I. Title. PJ3085.R65 2010 492—dc22 2010033450 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, recycled paper conforming to ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) and ISO 9706:1994 standards for paper permanence.