A history of ancient Israel and Judah /
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| Author / Creator: | Miller, J. Maxwell, (James Maxwell), 1937- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2006. |
| Description: | xxii, 562 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6222430 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Charts, Photographs, Maps, and Texts
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. The Setting
- The Chronological Context
- The Israelites and Judeans as "Latecomers"
- Their Origins Shrouded in a Dark Age
- Israel and Judah among the Peoples and Empires of the Iron Age
- The Impact of Alexander's Conquest
- The Geographical Context
- The Fertile Crescent
- The Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard
- Palestine
- Everyday Life in Ancient Palestine
- 2. Epigraphy and Archaeology
- Epigraphical Evidence
- Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Palestine as Known from Egyptian Sources
- Early Iron Age Palestine's Heterogeneous Population
- Texts That Relate Specifically to Israel
- Archaeological Evidence
- Late Bronze Age Palestine (ca. 1550-1200 B.C.E.)
- The Early Iron Age
- Questionable Correlations between Archaeology and the Bible
- Early Israel and the Early Iron Age Highland Settlements
- 3. The Biblical Evidence
- Summary of the Genesis-Judges Narrative
- Difficulties with Using the Genesis-Judges Narrative for Historical Research
- Ancient Notions about the Past
- General Improbabilities
- Internal Contradictions
- Composite Character of the Genesis-2 Kings History
- Folk Materials Embedded in the Hebrew Bible
- Folk Materials and Historical Evidence
- Contemporary Approaches to the History of Ancient Israel
- Our Approach
- 4. Earliest Israel
- Families, Clans, and Tribes
- Tribal Alignments and Territories
- Ephraim and Satellite Tribes
- Other Tribes Occasionally Involved in Ephraimite Affairs
- Judah
- Other Southern Tribal Groups
- Leadership among the Clans and Tribes
- Religion and Cult
- El, Baal, and Yahweh
- Priestly Lines and Houses
- Shechem and Shiloh
- Defining Early Israel
- 5. Eli, Samuel, and Saul
- Eli, Samuel, and Saul according to 1 Samuel
- Summary of 1 Samuel 1-15
- General Characteristics of the 1 Samuel Account
- Separating the Traditions in 1 Samuel
- Problem Areas for the Historian
- Shiloh and the Elides
- The "Historical" Samuel
- Saul, an Early Israelite Chieftain
- Saul's Rise to Power
- The Territorial Extent of Saul's Chiefdom
- Administrative Affairs
- Saul and Yahwism
- Opposition to Saul
- Saul's Last Battle
- Abner and Ish-bosheth
- 6. David
- David as Presented in the Biblical Materials
- Summary of 1 Samuel 16-1 Kings 2
- Observations Regarding the Genesis-2 Kings Account of David's Reign
- The Chronicler's Presentation of David's Reign
- David and the Psalms
- The Biblical David and the Historical David
- David in Saul's Court
- David the Renegade
- Escape from Saul's Court
- David in Adullam and Vicinity
- Roaming the Wilderness of Ziph
- David with the Philistines
- David Rules from Hebron
- David, King of Jerusalem
- Dealing with Opposition
- The Execution of Saul's Descendants
- Absalom's Rebellion
- Sheba's Revolt
- David's Administration
- The "High Officials"
- The Zadokites and the Priests of Nob
- The Levites
- The Extent of David's Rule and His Frontier Wars
- Determining the Extent of David's Direct Rule
- David's Frontier Wars
- 7. Solomon
- Solomon in the Biblical Materials
- The Genesis-2 Kings Presentation of Solomon's Reign
- Summary of 1 Kings 1-11
- Composition and Structure of 1 Kings 1-11
- The Chronicler's Presentation of Solomon
- Solomon and the "Wisdom" Books
- The Biblical Solomon and Historical Reconstruction
- Solomon and Archaeology
- Possible Glimpses of the Historical Solomon
- Solomon's Accession to the Throne
- The Extent of Solomon's Kingdom and International Relations
- Solomon and International Commerce
- Solomon's Administration
- Solomon the Builder
- Solomon and the Cult
- Internal Conflict
- 8. Separate Kingdoms
- The International Scene during the Mid-Centuries of the Iron Age
- Peoples of the Iron Age
- The Neo-Assyrian Empire
- The Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Sources of Information about the Two Kingdoms
- The Hebrew Bible
- Epigraphical Evidence
- The Archaeology of Iron II Palestine
- Matters of Interpretation
- Origins of the Separate Kingdoms
- Establishing Dates for the Kings of Israel and Judah
- 9. Four Decades of Hostilities
- Sources for the Period
- The Biblical Materials
- Sheshonq's Inscription
- The Shechem Assembly and Its Aftermath
- The Constituency of the Shechem Assembly
- Rehoboam's Rejection
- The Role of the Tribe of Benjamin
- Jeroboam at Shechem
- Differences between the Kingdoms
- Territorial Size and Strength
- Instability of the Northern Kingdom
- Absence of a Sustaining Royal Theology
- The Role of Prophets in Northern Politics
- Rehoboam, Abijam, and Asa of Judah
- Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, and Elah of Israel
- Shishak's Invasion
- Conflicts between the Kingdoms
- 10. The Omride Era
- Sources for the Period and Their Problems
- The Omride Era as Presented in 1-2 Kings
- The Omride Era according to the Chronicler
- Royal Inscriptions of Moab, Assyria, and Syria
- Archaeological Evidence
- Conflicts in the Sources
- Chronological Issues
- Israel at Its Zenith under Omri and Ahab
- Omri's Rise to Power
- A New Capital at Samaria
- Omri and Ahab in International Affairs
- Omri and Ahab as Builders
- Yahwism and Baalism under the Omrides
- Ahab's Death and the Beginning of Decline under Ahaziah
- Jehoshaphat of Judah
- Jehoshaphat in the Shadow of Ahab
- Jehoshaphat's Maritime Venture
- The Two Jehorams (?)
- The End of the Omrides in Israel
- 11. The Century of the Jehu Dynasty
- Sources of Information
- The Biblical Materials
- Royal Assyrian and Syrian Records
- Archaeology
- Chronological Matters
- Under Syrian Oppression and Recovery
- Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Joash of Israel
- Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah of Judah
- National Restoration under Jeroboam II and Uzziah
- Israel under Jeroboam
- Judah under Uzziah and Jotham
- Social and Religious Conditions
- 12. The Era of Assyrian Domination: The End of the Kingdom of Israel
- Sources for the Period
- Syria-Palestine and the Assyrian Empire
- The Assyrian Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard
- Assyrian Administrative Policies
- Chronological Issues
- Rezin's "Greater Syria"
- The Last Years of Israel
- Shallum and Menahem
- Pekahiah
- Pekah
- The Syro-Ephraimite Attack on Jerusalem
- Tiglath-pileser III's 734-731 Campaign
- Hoshea and the Fall of Samaria
- The Assyrian Province of Samerina
- Deportation and Resettlement
- Of Lions and Priests
- 13. The Era of Assyrian Domination: Judean History from Ahaz to Amon
- Ahaz (Jehoahaz I)
- Ahaz as Depicted in the Biblical Sources
- Ahaz and the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis
- Ahaz's Religious Practices
- Hezekiah
- Hezekiah as Depicted in the Biblical Sources
- Chronological Difficulties
- Sargon and Hezekiah
- Hezekiah's Revolt and Sennacherib's Invasion
- Manasseh
- Pax Assyriaca
- Assyrian-Egyptian Rapprochement
- Manasseh and Assyria
- Manasseh in Babylon?
- Amon
- 14. The Last Years of the Davidic Kingdom
- Sources for the Period
- The Accounts in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles
- The Prophetical Books
- The Babylonian Chronicles
- Hebrew Ostraca
- Chronological Problems
- The Collapse of Assyria and the Rise of Babylonia
- Cimmerians, Scythians, and Medes
- Egypt and Syria-Palestine
- The Rise of Babylon
- The Last Days of Assyria
- Judah and International Affairs
- Judah as an Egyptian Vassal
- Judah and the Barbarian Movements
- The Reign of Josiah
- Literary and Chronological Matters
- The Book of the Law
- Josiah's Reform
- The Death of Josiah
- Jehoahaz II
- Jehoiakim
- King Jehoiakim and the Prophet Jeremiah
- Judah as a Babylonian Vassal
- Jehoiachin
- Zedekiah
- Judah under Babylonian Hegemony
- The Judean Rebellion and the Fall of Jerusalem
- 15. The Period of Babylonian Domination
- Sources for the Period
- Judah after the Fall of Jerusalem
- General Destruction in the Land
- Judean Exiles
- Verification of Prophetic Proclamation
- The Rule of Gedaliah
- An Attempt at Davidic Restoration
- Continuation of Cultic Life
- The Era of Babylonian Dominance
- The Diaspora
- The Biblical Source Material
- Nonbiblical Sources
- The Exiles in Babylonia
- The Egyptian Diaspora
- 16. The Era of the Persian Empire
- Sources for the Period
- The Rise of Cyrus and the Persians
- Cyrus as Liberator and Propagandist
- Persian Policy toward the Judean Exiles
- The Political Situation in Judah
- The Extent of the Return
- The Reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple
- Cambyses
- Darius I
- The Completion of Temple Reconstruction
- Judah as a Persian Province after Darius I
- Persia and the West from Darius I to Artaxerxes III
- The Activity of Ezra and Nehemiah
- The Chronological Problem
- The Work of Nehemiah
- Ezra's Attempted Reform
- Later Developments in the Period
- Scripture Index
- Name Index