Author Samuel L. Adams presents students, academics, and researchers with an examination of the social and economic life of the people of Judea during the Second Temple Period. The author has organize
In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch combines archaeology and anthropology to present the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period of Israelite ethnic identity formation and exp
This book investigates the archaeological, epigraphic, and biblical evidence for the course of Ammon's history, setting it squarely within the context of ancient Near Eastern imperialism. Drawing on c
This volume of essays presents a compelling and comprehensive analysis of the intriguing issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites as presented in diverse biblical sources
In Sennacherib at the Gates of Jerusalem, twelve scholars of the ancient world examine the histories, myths, and tales that formed around the Assyrian campaign of 701 B.C.E. over the course of more th
This volume of essays presents a compelling and comprehensive analysis of the intriguing issue of the gift of the land of Israel and the fate of the Canaanites as presented in diverse biblical sources
Examines the David theme in the collective mind of ancient Israel and the early churchIn this follow-up study to Judaism, The First Phase, Joseph Blenkinsopp traces the development of traditions about
The connection between archaeology and the Bible was forged by the discoveries of the nineteenth century, and archaeological finds became the primary catalyst for changes in biblical studies throughou
This study of the Hasmonean dynasty draws on multiple fields of inquiry: Judaica, sacred scriptures, archaeology, numismatics, classics. Seeman (religious studies, U. of Missouri-Columbia) revisits hi
The Jordanian badia is an arid region that has been largely protected from modern development by its extreme climate and has preserved a remarkably rich record of its prehistoric past. This is the sec
Herod the Great, king of ancient Judea, was a brutal, ruthless, vindictive and dangerously high-strung tyrant. He had many of his subjects killed on suspicion of plotting against him and was accused o
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is
"Wadi Hammeh 27: an Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan" is an integrated analysis of subsistence strategies, settlement patterns and ritual life in a 14,000-year-old hunter-gatherer settleme
Digging into the debate on whether the Land of Israel was emptied at the end of the Iron Age in the 6th century BCE when Babylon destroyed the urban centers of Judah, Faust (land of Israel studies and
