Description
Book SynopsisCelebrating the 100th anniversary of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, this collection of erudite essays concentrates on the archaeology of ancient Israel, Canaan, and neighboring nations.
Table of ContentsPreface
Opening Remarks: Greetings
PART 1 Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond<
Palace Economies in the Late Bronze Age and The Dark Age That Never Was (Iron Age I)
Islands in the Sea: Aegean Polities as Levantine Neighbors Sarah P. Morris
The Case of Ugarit and Carchemish: A Contrast Annie Caubet
Greece and Anatolia in the Early Iron Age: The Archaeological Evidence and the Literary Tradition James D. Muhly
The Mediterranean Economy: “Globalization” at the End of the Second Millennium b.c.e. Susan Sherratt
The Dynamics of Statehood (Iron Age II)
The Patrimonial Kingdom of Solomon Lawrence E. Stager
City-States to States: Polity Dynamics in the 10th–9th Centuries b.c.e. Israel Finkelstein
Remarks on Biblical Traditions and Archaeological Evidence concerning Early Israel Amihai Mazar
Assyria’s Expansion in the 8th and 7th Centuries and Its Long-Term Repercussions in the West Simo Parpola
Egyptian Interventions in the Levant in Iron Age II Kenneth A. Kitchen
Imperial Interventions (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
Early Achaemenid Iran: New Considerations David Stronach
Palestine among the Empires from the 4th to the 1st Century b.c.e.: Impact and Reaction Doron Mendels
Part II Religion and Distinction
Shadow-Boxing the Canaanites (The Late Bronze Age)
Temple or “Bêt MarzeaД? Manfred Bietak
Amarna and Later: Aspects of Social History Anson F. Rainey
Emerging Forms and Practices (Iron Age I)
The Aegean and the Orient: Cultic Interactions Trude Dothan
The Cult of Astarte in Cyprus Vassos Karageorghis
False Dichotomies in Descriptions of Israelite Religion: A Problem, Its Origin, and a Proposed Solution Ziony Zevit
The Formative Period of State Religion (Iron Age II)
Mesopotamian Imperialism and Israelite Religion: A Case Study from the Second Isaiah Peter Machinist
When the Heavens Darkened: Yahweh, El, and the Divine Astral Family in Iron Age II Judah Mark S. Smith
Israelite and Philistine Cult and the Archaeological Record in Iron Age II: The “Smoking Gun” Phenomenon Seymour Gitin
Cult—Coast and Interior (The Persian Period)
Phoenician Cult Expressions in the Persian Period Edouard Lipin!ski
The Phoenician Source of Palestinian Cults at the End of the Iron Age Ephraim Stern
Late Israelite Astronomies and the Early Greeks Baruch Halpern
Romans, Jews, and Christians
The Jewish World and the Coming of Rome John J. Collins
Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues Jodi Magness
Part III The History of the Family: Continuity and Change
Units and Cultural Unities (Iron Age I)
Nine Months among the Peasants in the Palestinian Highlands: An Anthropological Perspective on Local Religion in the Early Iron Age Karel van der Toorn
Building Identity: The Four-Room House and the Israelite Mind Shlomo Bunimovitz and Avraham Faust
Household Economy (Iron Age II)
Material Remains and Social Relations: Women’s Culture in Agrarian Households of the Iron Age Carol Meyers
The Clan-Based Economy of Biblical Israel Baruch A. Levine
At Home with the Goddess Susan Ackerman
Families, Houses, and Homes
(The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
The Family in Persian Period Judah: Some Textual Reflections H. G. M. Williamson
Roman-Period Houses from the Galilee: Domestic Architecture and Gendered Spaces Eric M. Meyers
Apocryphal Women: From Fiction to (Arti)fact Amy-Jill Levine
Part IV Closing Remarks
Syro-Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology: Into the Next Millennium William G. Dever
Special Public Lecture
Jerusalem as a Royal and Cultic Center in the 10th–8th Centuries b.c.e. David Ussishkin
Discussions
Part I. Historical and Political Landscape: The Levant and Beyond
Palace Economies in the Late Bronze Age and The Dark Age That Never Was (Iron Age I)
The Dynamics of Statehood (Iron Age II)
Imperial Interventions (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
Part II. Religion and Distinction
Shadow-Boxing the Canaanites (The Late Bronze Age)
Emerging Forms and Practices (Iron Age I)
The Formative Period of State Religion (Iron Age II)
Cult—Coast and Interior (The Persian Period)
Romans, Jews, and Christians
Part III. The History of the Family: Continuity and Change
Units and Cultural Unities (Iron Age I)
Household Economy (Iron Age II)
Families, Houses, and Homes (The Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods)
Special Public Lectures
Appendix I
Opening of the Israel Museum Exhibit Thundering on High: Images of the Canaanite Storm God in Honor of the Albright/ASOR Centennial
Appendix II
Greetings Presented at the Israel Exploration Society Reception on Behalf of the Archaeological Institutions in Israel Held at the Israel Museum
Indexes
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
Index of Ancient Texts
