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Judah in the neo-Babylonian period : the archaeology of desolation

Title: Judah in the neo-Babylonian period : the archaeology of desolation / by Avraham Faust.
Author: Faust, Avraham
Publication: Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2012.

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Description

xiv, 302 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. was a watershed event in the history of Judah, the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the exilic period, during which many of the biblical texts were probably written. The conquest left clear archaeological marks on many sites in Judah, including Jerusalem, and the Bible records it as a traumatic event for the population. Less clear is the situation in Judah following the conquest, that is, in the sixth century, a period with archaeological remains the nature and significance of which are disputed. The traditional view is that the land was decimated and the population devastated. In the last two decades, scholars arguing that the land was not empty and that the exile had little impact on Judah{u2019}s rural sector have challenged this view. This volume examines the archaeological reality of Judah in the sixth century in order to shed new light on the debate. By expanding research into new avenues and examining new data, as well as by applying new methods to older data, the author arrives at fresh insights that support the traditional view of sixth-century Judah as a land whose population, both urban and rural, was devastated and whose recovery took centuries."--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 18

Uniform Title

Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 18.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

The end of the Iron Age in Judah: primary archeological data -- Judah in the sixth to second century B.C.E.: a rural perspective -- Greek imports and the neo-Babylonian period -- Social and cultural changes in Judah: the iron age to the Persian period -- Settlement and demography in Judah: the seventh to second centuries B.C.E -- The Babylonian destruction in context: Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib compared -- Sixth-century Judah as a post-collapse society -- Consequences of destruction: the continuity theory revisited -- The land of Benjamin revisited -- Life in Judah in the sixth century B.C.E -- Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.: summary and conclusions.

ISBN

9781589836402
1589836405
9781589837256
1589837258
9789004219793
900421979X
1589836413
9781589836419
9781589836419 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012017969
40022264023

OCLC

ocn793911005
793911005
SCSB-14415341

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library