Ancient Canaan and Israel: New PerspectivesAncient Canaan and Israel takes readers beyond the scriptural portrayals of the region and into the everyday lives of Canaanites and Israelites. It draws on recently discovered archaeological evidence and fresh interpretations of biblical and extrabiblical texts to show how archaeologists and other researchers reconstruct the many facets of these civilizations--political, geographic, social, economic, religious, technological, and aesthetic. For experienced scholars or enthusiastic newcomers, it is an enlightening portrayal of the people and the land of Canaan and Israel, which traces many well-known spiritual and cultural traditions back to their ancient roots. It is also an objective introduction to a number of much-debated topics, such as the fate of the Canaanite cultures, the origins of the Israelites, and the historical accuracy of the Bible. |
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Contents
| 3 | |
Summary of Resources | 8 |
Environment and Ecology | 15 |
The Physical Landscape | 16 |
Shifting Patterns of Land Use | 23 |
Historical and Chronological Setting | 28 |
Major Techniques in Chronology Building | 29 |
A Brief History of Discovery | 32 |
The End of the Early Bronze Age and the Intermediate Bronze Age | 144 |
Late Bronze Age | 150 |
The Highlands and Inland Valleys | 155 |
Southern Coastal PlainPhilistia | 156 |
The Israelites | 160 |
The Philistines | 170 |
Religion and Ideology | 173 |
Early Bronze Age | 175 |
Israeli Archaeology | 42 |
Literary Evidence from Ancient Israel | 43 |
Origins Growth and Decline of Levantine Cultures | 45 |
The Canaanites | 53 |
Peoples of the Iron Age | 62 |
The Israelites of the Iron 2 | 66 |
Economics | 73 |
The Origins of Economic Complexity | 74 |
Early Bronze Age | 77 |
Middle Bronze Age | 83 |
Late Bronze Age | 87 |
The Economy of the Highlands and ProtoIsraelites | 93 |
The Economy of the Southern Coastal Plain | 97 |
The Israelite Economy | 99 |
The Economy of Philistia in the iron 2 | 103 |
Social Organization | 108 |
Early Bronze Age | 110 |
Intermediate Bronze Age | 113 |
Middle Bronze Age | 114 |
Late Bronze Age | 119 |
Iron Age | 127 |
Social Organization among the Coastal Peoples | 130 |
Highland Culture | 132 |
Coastal Culture | 135 |
Philistine High Culture | 137 |
Politics | 139 |
The First Urban Revolution | 141 |
Middle Bronze Age | 178 |
Late Bronze Age | 184 |
Iron Age | 187 |
Iron 23 | 189 |
Broad Trends in the Evolution of Israelite Religion | 196 |
Philistine Religion | 200 |
Material Culture | 206 |
Early Bronze Age | 210 |
Intermediate Bronze Age | 216 |
Middle Bronze Age | 220 |
Late Bronze Age | 223 |
Material Culture of the Interior during the Early Iron Age Iron 1 | 227 |
Israelite Material Culture of the Iron 2 | 229 |
Philistine Material Culture of the Iron 1 | 234 |
Material Culture of the Philistines in the Iron 2 | 237 |
Phoenician Material Culture | 238 |
Intellectual Accomplishments | 241 |
Monotheism | 246 |
Major Controversies and Future Directions | 263 |
Archaeological Issues Concerning The Early Bronze Age | 264 |
Biblical Archaeology and the Iron Age | 266 |
Glossary | 279 |
Chronology | 299 |
Resources for Further Study | 303 |
| 379 | |
About the Author | 415 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Canaan and Israel: New Perspectives Handbooks to Ancient Civilizat Understanding ancient civilizations |
| Authors | Jonathan Michael Golden, Joseph Golden |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1576078973, 9781576078976 |
| Length | 415 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Middle East / Israel & Palestine History / World Reference / General |
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