Archaeology And The Religions Of Canaan And Israel

Author : Beth Alpert Nakhai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel written by Beth Alpert Nakhai and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book discusses the role of religion in Canaanite and Israelite society, from the Middle Bronze Age through the Israelite Divided Monarchy (2000-587 BC). It contains an extensive archaeological study of all known Middle Bronze through Iron Age temples, sanctuaries, and open-air shrines, organized by period and geographic region. Social science and textually based analyses of sacrifice in antiquity reveal the many ways in which religion was related to social structure, and the author emphasizes the ways in which social, economic and political relationships determined - and were shaped by - forms of religious organization.

Author : William Foxwell Albright
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology and the Religion of Israel written by William Foxwell Albright and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Avraham Faust
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783039368082
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion written by Avraham Faust and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon's temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the "official" and "popular" expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel's neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more.

Author : Jonathan M Golden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195379853
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Canaan and Israel written by Jonathan M Golden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the extensive archeological record, Golden looks at daily life in antiquity, providing rich portraits of the role of women, craft production, metallurgy, technology, political and social organization, trade, and religious practices. He traces the great religious traditions that emerged in this region back to their most ancient roots and he also considers the Canaanites and Philistines, examining the differences between highland and coastal cultures and the cross-fertilization between societies.

Author : William G. Dever
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863949
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Did God Have a Wife? written by William G. Dever and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated, non-technical reconstruction of "folk religion" in ancient Israel is based largely on recent archaeological evidence, but also incorporates biblical texts where possible.

Author : Richard S. Hess
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781441201126
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israelite Religions written by Richard S. Hess and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological excavation in the Holy Land has exploded with the resurgence of interest in the historical roots of the biblical Israelites. Israelite Religions offers Bible students and interested lay leaders a survey of the major issues and approaches that constitute the study of ancient Israelite religion. Unique among other books on the subject, Israelite Religions takes the Bible seriously as a historical source, balancing the biblical material with relevant evidence from archaeological finds.

Author : Barry M. Gittlen
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575065274
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Time, Sacred Place written by Barry M. Gittlen and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2002-06-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen essays from an ASOR symposium on the relationship among archaeology, text and our understanding of ancient Israelite religion. Contributors include: J. Z. Smith, W. G. Dever, Z. Zevit, K. van der Toorn, J. M. Sasson, E. Bloch-Smith, S. Gitin, B. A. Levine, W. T. Pitard, T. J. Lewis, and B. M. Gittlen.

Author : Ann E. Killebrew
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589836774
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity written by Ann E. Killebrew and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel’s very proximity to these groups has made it difficult—until now—to distinguish the archaeological traces of early Israel and other contemporary groups. Through an analysis of the results from recent excavations in light of relevant historical and later biblical texts, this book proposes that it is possible to identify these peoples and trace culturally or ethnically defined boundaries in the archaeological record. Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples. Of particular value to scholars, archaeologists, and historians, this volume will also be a standard reference and resource for students and other readers interested in the emergence of early Israel.

Author : William Foxwell Albright
Publisher : London : Athlone Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan written by William Foxwell Albright and published by London : Athlone Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of contrasting faiths places the religions of Canaan (later Phoenicia) and Israel in their historical settings, treating them as distinct, yet interacting, beliefs. As a prelude to the description of the two religions, the author traces the evolution of poetic style from the Patriarchal Age to the United Monarchy, showing the value of orally transmitted verse for the validation of early Biblical historical tradition. He then demonstrates the Mesopotamian origin of the Patriarchal clans with the aid of new cuneiform date, and shows a close connection between the movement of the Hebrews from the Euphrates Valley through Palestine into Egypt and the work of Moses. Special attention is paid to the early Hebrew family law, the case law of Israel, and the hygienic rules (which are older than commonly thought by scholars). The nature of the Canaanite-Phoenician religion is much clearer than it was a few years ago; its influence on Israel was both greater and less than is usually thought. But the relation was reciprocal, and both gained much in the exchange which set in about the tenth century and continued until the fifth century B.C.

Author : Jill Citron Katz
Publisher : Gorgias PressLlc
ISBN 13 : 9781593337919
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Cult in Middle Bronze Age Canaan written by Jill Citron Katz and published by Gorgias PressLlc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was Canaanite religion like during the Middle Bronze Age, at the time of the biblical patriarchs? This volume presents a theoretical model for identifying ritual behavior in the archaeological record, providing a test case using the rich material culture and structures that have been unearthed at the biblical city of Gerar (Tel Haror, Israel). The analysis of these finds presents a revealing glimpse into the elaborate rituals that the Canaanites enjoyed in their communities. Canaanite public ritual life was centered around a temple and its courtyards. It was here that priests performed rituals within the temple while people gathered in the courtyards to watch animals being sacrificed on altars, to smell burning incense, and to offer other foods sometimes in miniature votive vessels. Upon completion of the sacrifices, the people remained in the courtyards and adjoining rooms to enjoy their ritual meals. It is here that the archaeological evidence strongly attests to the cooking, serving, and consuming of foods and beverages. Canaanites also used their sacred areas for rituals of healing (involving puppies) and for the sanctifying of treaties (using donkeys).