Early History of the Israelite People: from the Written and Archaeological Sources
This is a groundbreaking book on the origins of Israel, taking into account the contexts of geography, anthropology, and sociology, and drawing on a careful analysis of archaeological and written evidence. Thompson argues that none of the traditional models for the origin of biblical Israel in terms of conquest, peaceful settlement, or revolution are viable. The ninth and eighth century BC State of Israel is a product of the Mediterranean economy. The development of the ethnic concept of...
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This is a groundbreaking book on the origins of Israel, taking into account the contexts of geography, anthropology, and sociology, and drawing on a careful analysis of archaeological and written evidence. Thompson argues that none of the traditional models for the origin of biblical Israel in terms of conquest, peaceful settlement, or revolution are viable. The ninth and eighth century BC State of Israel is a product of the Mediterranean economy. The development of the ethnic concept of biblical Israel finds its context in history first at the time of the Persian renaissance. The volume presents a clear historical context and an interpretative matrix for the Bible. Booknews Focuses on the implications of interdisciplinary historical research in Palestine with the goal of developing an understanding of "Israel" that goes beyond the constructs of biblical studies and places Israel's history in the context of a regional and historical geography. The author reviews historical scholarship of the past century and analyzes data drawn from archaeological excavations and from written and historical records from the late second and early first millennium, to develop an understanding of the origin of biblical Israel that refutes traditional models. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIHistorical-Critical Research and Extrabiblical Sources1IISocial Anthropology and the History of Palestine27IIIHistoricity and the Deconstruction of Biblical Historiography77IVThe Departures towards in Independent History of Israel127VThe Origins of the Population and Settlements of the West Semites of Greater Palestine171VIThe Late Bronze-Iron Age Transition215VIIIsrael and Ethnicity in Palestine301VIIIIsrael's Tradition: The Formation of Ethnicity353IXConclusions: An Independent History of Israel401Indices425Bibliography452
\ BooknewsFocuses on the implications of interdisciplinary historical research in Palestine with the goal of developing an understanding of "Israel" that goes beyond the constructs of biblical studies and places Israel's history in the context of a regional and historical geography. The author reviews historical scholarship of the past century and analyzes data drawn from archaeological excavations and from written and historical records from the late second and early first millennium, to develop an understanding of the origin of biblical Israel that refutes traditional models. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
