| Título : | A history of ancient israel and judah | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Miller, Maxwell, Autor | | Mención de edición: | 1° | | Editorial: | The westminster press | | Fecha de publicación: | 1986 | | Número de páginas: | 523 páginas | | Nota general: | <27194> | | Idioma : | Inglés | | Clasificación: | 220.9/M58H/(ING) | | Resumen: | List of Charts, Illustrations, Maps, and Texts 15
Preface 19
Abbreviations 21
1. The Setting 25
The Chronological Context 25
The Israelites and Judeans as "Late-Comers" 27
Their Origins in the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age 28
The Impact of Alexander's Conquest 28
Place-Names and the Succession of Dominating Cultures 29
The Geographical Context 30
The Fertile Crescent with Egypt 30
The Mediterranean World 33
The Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard 36
Palestine 40
Everyday Life in Ancient Palestine 52
2. The Question of Origins 54
Summary of the Genesis Joshua Narrative 54
Difficulties with Using the Genesis 1-Joshua Narrative
for Historical Reconstruction 58
Ancient Historical Perspectives 58
General Improbabilities 60
Composite and Contradictory Character 61
Folk Traditions and Theological Intentions 62
The Search for Contact Points with Extra Biblical History 63
Genesis 14 and Mesopotamian History 64
The Exodus and Natural Catastrophes 64
The Habiru Hypothesis 65
The Ramesside Period as the Setting of the Exodus 67
Israel in the Merneptah Stele 68
The Search for Archaeological Solutions 68
The Amorite Hypothesis 70
Transjordanian Occupational Gap 71
Thirteenth-Century Destructions 71
The Search for a Distinctively Israelite Material Culture 72
Historians Responses to the Genesis-Joshua Account of
Israel's Origins 74
Taking the Account as It Stands 74
Total Rejection of the Account 75
Searching for a Compromise Position 76
The Approach Taken in the Present Volume 77
3. Before Any King Ruled in Israel 80
Palestine at the Close of the Late Bronze Age and the
Beginning of the Iron Age 80
Decline of Egyptian Authority 80
A Heterogeneous Population 81
New Developments in the Early Iron Age 83
Archaeology and the Early Israelite Tribes 85
The Book of Judges and the Period of the Judges" 85
The Book of Judges as a Continuation of the
Genesis Joshua Account 85
The Book of Judges and Historical Reconstruction 87
The Judges Narratives as Indicative of the General Situation of
the Israelite Tribes on the Eveof the Rise of the Monarchy 90
Tribal Life and Leadership 91
Families, Clans, and Tribes 91
Leadership Among the Tribes 93
Tribal Alignments and Territories 94
The Ephraim/Israel Tribes 94
The Galilee Jezreel Tribes 98
Dan, Reuben, and Gad 100
Judah and the Southern Tribes 103
Religion and Cult 107
El, Baal, and Yahweh 109
Priestly Lines and Houses 112
Shechem and Shiloh 115
4. The Early Israelite Monarchy 120
Eli, Samuel, and Saul According to I Samuel
Summary of I Samuel 1-15 120
General Characteristics of the I Samuel Account 124
Separating the Traditions in 1 Samuel 126
Problem Areas in Historical Reconstruction 129
Shiloh and the Elides 132
The "Historical" Samuel 134
Saul and the Early Israelite Monarchy 135
Saul's Rise to Power 136
The Extent of Saul's Kingdom 138
Saul's Military Career 141
Administrative Affairs 142
Opposition to Saul 144
Saul's Death and the Collapse of the Early Israelite Monarchy 144
Saul's Last Battle 144
Abner and Ish-bosheth 146
5. David, King of Jerusalem 149
David as Presented in the Biblical Materials 149
David in the Genesis-Il Kings Account 149
The Chronicler's Presentation of David's Reign 156
David and the Psalms 158
Utilizing the Biblical Materials About David for Historical
Reconstruction 159
David in Saul's Court 160
David the Renegade
Escape from Saul's Court 164
David in Adullam and Vicinity 164
Roaming the Wilderness of Ziph 165
David with the Philistines 167
From Philistine Vassal to King of Jerusalem 168
David as King of Judah 168
Transfer of the Remnant of Saul's Kingdom 169
David, King of Jerusalem 170
Dealing with Opposition 174
The Execution of Saul's Descendants 174
Absalom's Rebellion 175
Sheba's Revolt 178
David's Wars and the Extent of His Kingdom 179
Containment of the Philistines 179
The Expansion of the Kingdom 179
Frontier Wars and Alliance Relationships 180
David’s Administration 185
6. The Reign of Solomon 189
The Grail King Presentation of Solomon's Reign 190
Summary of I Kings 1-11 190
Composition and Structure 193
Other Biblical Sources Pertaining to Solomon
The Chronicler's Presentation of Solomon 197
Solomon and the "Wisdom" Books 198
Solomon's Accession to the Throne 200
Solomon and the Cult 201
The "Great High Place" at Gibeon 201
Construction of the Temple 202
Development of the Royal Zion Theology 203
Solomon's Administration 204
Solomon's "High Officials" 205
Officers "Who Provided for the King" 205
Forced Labor 207
Solomon the Builder 208
Solomon's Involvement with Commerce 211
Overland Commerce 211
A Shipping Venture with the Phoenicians 212
The Extent of Solomon's Kingdom 214
Internal Conflict 216
7. Separate Kingdoms 218
Source of Information 218
Continuation of the Genesis-Il Kings Account 218
Continuation of the Chronicler's History 223
Other Biblical Sources 224
Other Ancient Texts 224
Archaeological Remains 225
Establishing Chronological Framework 226
The Sbecbem Assembly and Its Aftermath 229
The Constituency of the Shechem Assembly 230
The Secession of the North 231
The Role of the Tribe of Benjamin 232
Jeroboam's Involvement in the Rebellion 232
Differences Between the Two Kingdoms 233
Territorial Size and Strength 233
Instability of the Northern Kingdom 234
Absence of a Sustaining Royal Theology 235
The Role of the Prophets in Northern Politics 236
Four Decades of Hostilities Between the Kingdoms 237
Rehoboam, Abijam, and Asa of Judah 237
Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, and Elah of Israel 241
Shishak's Invasion 245
Hostilities Between the Two Kingdoms 246
8. The Omride Era 250
The Source and Their Problems 250
The Omride Era as Presented in I-II Kings 251
The Omride Era According to the Chronicler 255
Royal Inscriptions of Moab and Assyria 256
Conflicts in the Sources 259
Conflicting Chronologies in the Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts 264
Israel at Its Zenith Under Omri and Ahab 265
Omri's Rise to Power 265
A New Capital at Samaria 266
Omri and Ahab in International Politics 267
Omri and Ahab as Builders 270
Yahwism and Balaam Under the Omrides 271
Ahab's Death and the Beginning of Decline Under Ahaziah 274
Jehoshaphat of Judah 275
Jehoshaphat in the Shadow of Ahab 275
Jehoshaphat's Maritime Venture 279
The Two Jeborams (?) 280
Jebus Coup and the End of the Omrides in Israel 284
9. The Century of the Jehu Dynasty 289
Sources of Information 290
The Biblical Materials 290
Royal Assyrian and Syrian Records 291
Archaeology 294
Chronological Uncertainties 295
Under Syrian Oppression and Recovery 297
Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Joash of Israel 297
Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah of Judah 302
National Restoration Under Jeroboam II and Uzziab 307
Israel Under Jeroboam 307
Judah Under Uzziah and Jotham 310
Social and Religious Conditions 311
10. The Era of Assyrian Domination:
The End of the Kingdom of Israel 314
Sources for the Period 314
Syria-Palestine and the Assyrian Empire 317
The Assyrian Conquest of the Eastern
Mediterranean Seaboard 317
Assyrian Administrative Policies 320
Chronological Issues 322
Rezin's "Greater Syria" 323
The Last Years of Israel 326
Shallum and Menahem 327
Pekahiah 328
Pekah 328
The Syro-Ephraimitic Siege of Jerusalem 329
Tiglath-pileser III's 734-732 B.C.B. Campaigns 330
Hoshes and the Fall of Samaria 332
The Assyrian Province of Samerina 337
Deportation and Resettlement 337
Of Lions and Priests 339
11. The Era of Assyrian Domination:
Judean History from Ahaz to Amon 340
Ahaz (Jeboabaz 1) 341
Ahaz as Depicted in the Biblical Sources 342
Ahaz and the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis 342
Ahaz' Religious Practices 345
Hezekiah
Hezekiah as Depicted in the Biblical Sources 347
Chronological Difficulties 350
Sargon and Hezekiah 351
Hezekiah's Revolt and Sennacherib's Invasion 353
Manasseh 363
Pax Assyriaca 365
Assyrian-Egyptian Rapprochement 367
Manasseh and Assyria 370
Manasseh in Babylon? 374
Amon 376
12. The Last Years of the Davidic Kingdom 377
Sources for the Period 377
The Accounts in II Kings and II Chronicles 377
The Prophetical Books 378
The Babylonian Chronicles 379
Chronological Problems 379
The Collapse of Austria and the Rise of Babylonia 381
Cimmerians, Scythians, and Medes 382
Egypt and Syria-Palestine 383
The Rise of Babylon 385
The Last Days of Assyria 386
Judah and International Affairs 387
Judah as an Egyptian Vassal 388
Judah and the Barbarian Movements 390
Josiah 391
Literary and Chronological Matters 391
The Book of the Law 393
Josiah's Reform 397
The Death of Josiah 402
Jehoahaz II 402
Jehoiakim 403
King Jehoiakim and the Prophet Jeremiah 403
Judah as a Babylonian Vassal 406
Jehoiachin 408
Zedekiah 408
Judah Under Babylonian Hegemony 409
The Judean Rebellion and the Fall of Jerusalem 412
13. The Period of Babylonian Domination 416
Judah After the Fall of Jerusalem 416
General Destruction in the Land 416
Judean Exiles 417
Verification of Prophetic Proclamation 420
The Rule of Grdaliab 421
An Attempt at Davis Restoration 424
Continuation of Cultic Life 426
The Era of Babylonian Dominance 426
The Diaspora 429
The Biblical Source Material 431
Non Biblical Sources 431
The Exiles in Babylonia 432
The Egyptian Diaspora 435
14. The Era of the Persian Empire 437
The Rise of Cyrus and the Persians 428
Cyrus as Liberator and Propagandist 440
Persian Policy Toward the Judean Exiles 443
The Political Situation in Judah 445
The Extent of the Return 446
The Reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple 447
Cambyses 448
Darius I 450
The Completion of Temple Reconstruction 456
Judah as a Persian Province After Darius I 460
Persia and the West from Darius I to Artaxerxes III 462
The Activity of Ezra and Nehemiah 465
The Chronological Problem 468
The Work of Nehemiah 469
Ezra's Attempted Reform 472
Later Developments in the Period 474
Bibliography 477
Name Index 493
Scripture Index 510
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A history of ancient israel and judah [texto impreso] / Miller, Maxwell, Autor . - 1° . - [S.l.] : The westminster press, 1986 . - 523 páginas. <27194> Idioma : Inglés | Clasificación: | 220.9/M58H/(ING) | | Resumen: | List of Charts, Illustrations, Maps, and Texts 15
Preface 19
Abbreviations 21
1. The Setting 25
The Chronological Context 25
The Israelites and Judeans as "Late-Comers" 27
Their Origins in the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age 28
The Impact of Alexander's Conquest 28
Place-Names and the Succession of Dominating Cultures 29
The Geographical Context 30
The Fertile Crescent with Egypt 30
The Mediterranean World 33
The Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard 36
Palestine 40
Everyday Life in Ancient Palestine 52
2. The Question of Origins 54
Summary of the Genesis Joshua Narrative 54
Difficulties with Using the Genesis 1-Joshua Narrative
for Historical Reconstruction 58
Ancient Historical Perspectives 58
General Improbabilities 60
Composite and Contradictory Character 61
Folk Traditions and Theological Intentions 62
The Search for Contact Points with Extra Biblical History 63
Genesis 14 and Mesopotamian History 64
The Exodus and Natural Catastrophes 64
The Habiru Hypothesis 65
The Ramesside Period as the Setting of the Exodus 67
Israel in the Merneptah Stele 68
The Search for Archaeological Solutions 68
The Amorite Hypothesis 70
Transjordanian Occupational Gap 71
Thirteenth-Century Destructions 71
The Search for a Distinctively Israelite Material Culture 72
Historians Responses to the Genesis-Joshua Account of
Israel's Origins 74
Taking the Account as It Stands 74
Total Rejection of the Account 75
Searching for a Compromise Position 76
The Approach Taken in the Present Volume 77
3. Before Any King Ruled in Israel 80
Palestine at the Close of the Late Bronze Age and the
Beginning of the Iron Age 80
Decline of Egyptian Authority 80
A Heterogeneous Population 81
New Developments in the Early Iron Age 83
Archaeology and the Early Israelite Tribes 85
The Book of Judges and the Period of the Judges" 85
The Book of Judges as a Continuation of the
Genesis Joshua Account 85
The Book of Judges and Historical Reconstruction 87
The Judges Narratives as Indicative of the General Situation of
the Israelite Tribes on the Eveof the Rise of the Monarchy 90
Tribal Life and Leadership 91
Families, Clans, and Tribes 91
Leadership Among the Tribes 93
Tribal Alignments and Territories 94
The Ephraim/Israel Tribes 94
The Galilee Jezreel Tribes 98
Dan, Reuben, and Gad 100
Judah and the Southern Tribes 103
Religion and Cult 107
El, Baal, and Yahweh 109
Priestly Lines and Houses 112
Shechem and Shiloh 115
4. The Early Israelite Monarchy 120
Eli, Samuel, and Saul According to I Samuel
Summary of I Samuel 1-15 120
General Characteristics of the I Samuel Account 124
Separating the Traditions in 1 Samuel 126
Problem Areas in Historical Reconstruction 129
Shiloh and the Elides 132
The "Historical" Samuel 134
Saul and the Early Israelite Monarchy 135
Saul's Rise to Power 136
The Extent of Saul's Kingdom 138
Saul's Military Career 141
Administrative Affairs 142
Opposition to Saul 144
Saul's Death and the Collapse of the Early Israelite Monarchy 144
Saul's Last Battle 144
Abner and Ish-bosheth 146
5. David, King of Jerusalem 149
David as Presented in the Biblical Materials 149
David in the Genesis-Il Kings Account 149
The Chronicler's Presentation of David's Reign 156
David and the Psalms 158
Utilizing the Biblical Materials About David for Historical
Reconstruction 159
David in Saul's Court 160
David the Renegade
Escape from Saul's Court 164
David in Adullam and Vicinity 164
Roaming the Wilderness of Ziph 165
David with the Philistines 167
From Philistine Vassal to King of Jerusalem 168
David as King of Judah 168
Transfer of the Remnant of Saul's Kingdom 169
David, King of Jerusalem 170
Dealing with Opposition 174
The Execution of Saul's Descendants 174
Absalom's Rebellion 175
Sheba's Revolt 178
David's Wars and the Extent of His Kingdom 179
Containment of the Philistines 179
The Expansion of the Kingdom 179
Frontier Wars and Alliance Relationships 180
David’s Administration 185
6. The Reign of Solomon 189
The Grail King Presentation of Solomon's Reign 190
Summary of I Kings 1-11 190
Composition and Structure 193
Other Biblical Sources Pertaining to Solomon
The Chronicler's Presentation of Solomon 197
Solomon and the "Wisdom" Books 198
Solomon's Accession to the Throne 200
Solomon and the Cult 201
The "Great High Place" at Gibeon 201
Construction of the Temple 202
Development of the Royal Zion Theology 203
Solomon's Administration 204
Solomon's "High Officials" 205
Officers "Who Provided for the King" 205
Forced Labor 207
Solomon the Builder 208
Solomon's Involvement with Commerce 211
Overland Commerce 211
A Shipping Venture with the Phoenicians 212
The Extent of Solomon's Kingdom 214
Internal Conflict 216
7. Separate Kingdoms 218
Source of Information 218
Continuation of the Genesis-Il Kings Account 218
Continuation of the Chronicler's History 223
Other Biblical Sources 224
Other Ancient Texts 224
Archaeological Remains 225
Establishing Chronological Framework 226
The Sbecbem Assembly and Its Aftermath 229
The Constituency of the Shechem Assembly 230
The Secession of the North 231
The Role of the Tribe of Benjamin 232
Jeroboam's Involvement in the Rebellion 232
Differences Between the Two Kingdoms 233
Territorial Size and Strength 233
Instability of the Northern Kingdom 234
Absence of a Sustaining Royal Theology 235
The Role of the Prophets in Northern Politics 236
Four Decades of Hostilities Between the Kingdoms 237
Rehoboam, Abijam, and Asa of Judah 237
Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, and Elah of Israel 241
Shishak's Invasion 245
Hostilities Between the Two Kingdoms 246
8. The Omride Era 250
The Source and Their Problems 250
The Omride Era as Presented in I-II Kings 251
The Omride Era According to the Chronicler 255
Royal Inscriptions of Moab and Assyria 256
Conflicts in the Sources 259
Conflicting Chronologies in the Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts 264
Israel at Its Zenith Under Omri and Ahab 265
Omri's Rise to Power 265
A New Capital at Samaria 266
Omri and Ahab in International Politics 267
Omri and Ahab as Builders 270
Yahwism and Balaam Under the Omrides 271
Ahab's Death and the Beginning of Decline Under Ahaziah 274
Jehoshaphat of Judah 275
Jehoshaphat in the Shadow of Ahab 275
Jehoshaphat's Maritime Venture 279
The Two Jeborams (?) 280
Jebus Coup and the End of the Omrides in Israel 284
9. The Century of the Jehu Dynasty 289
Sources of Information 290
The Biblical Materials 290
Royal Assyrian and Syrian Records 291
Archaeology 294
Chronological Uncertainties 295
Under Syrian Oppression and Recovery 297
Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Joash of Israel 297
Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah of Judah 302
National Restoration Under Jeroboam II and Uzziab 307
Israel Under Jeroboam 307
Judah Under Uzziah and Jotham 310
Social and Religious Conditions 311
10. The Era of Assyrian Domination:
The End of the Kingdom of Israel 314
Sources for the Period 314
Syria-Palestine and the Assyrian Empire 317
The Assyrian Conquest of the Eastern
Mediterranean Seaboard 317
Assyrian Administrative Policies 320
Chronological Issues 322
Rezin's "Greater Syria" 323
The Last Years of Israel 326
Shallum and Menahem 327
Pekahiah 328
Pekah 328
The Syro-Ephraimitic Siege of Jerusalem 329
Tiglath-pileser III's 734-732 B.C.B. Campaigns 330
Hoshes and the Fall of Samaria 332
The Assyrian Province of Samerina 337
Deportation and Resettlement 337
Of Lions and Priests 339
11. The Era of Assyrian Domination:
Judean History from Ahaz to Amon 340
Ahaz (Jeboabaz 1) 341
Ahaz as Depicted in the Biblical Sources 342
Ahaz and the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis 342
Ahaz' Religious Practices 345
Hezekiah
Hezekiah as Depicted in the Biblical Sources 347
Chronological Difficulties 350
Sargon and Hezekiah 351
Hezekiah's Revolt and Sennacherib's Invasion 353
Manasseh 363
Pax Assyriaca 365
Assyrian-Egyptian Rapprochement 367
Manasseh and Assyria 370
Manasseh in Babylon? 374
Amon 376
12. The Last Years of the Davidic Kingdom 377
Sources for the Period 377
The Accounts in II Kings and II Chronicles 377
The Prophetical Books 378
The Babylonian Chronicles 379
Chronological Problems 379
The Collapse of Austria and the Rise of Babylonia 381
Cimmerians, Scythians, and Medes 382
Egypt and Syria-Palestine 383
The Rise of Babylon 385
The Last Days of Assyria 386
Judah and International Affairs 387
Judah as an Egyptian Vassal 388
Judah and the Barbarian Movements 390
Josiah 391
Literary and Chronological Matters 391
The Book of the Law 393
Josiah's Reform 397
The Death of Josiah 402
Jehoahaz II 402
Jehoiakim 403
King Jehoiakim and the Prophet Jeremiah 403
Judah as a Babylonian Vassal 406
Jehoiachin 408
Zedekiah 408
Judah Under Babylonian Hegemony 409
The Judean Rebellion and the Fall of Jerusalem 412
13. The Period of Babylonian Domination 416
Judah After the Fall of Jerusalem 416
General Destruction in the Land 416
Judean Exiles 417
Verification of Prophetic Proclamation 420
The Rule of Grdaliab 421
An Attempt at Davis Restoration 424
Continuation of Cultic Life 426
The Era of Babylonian Dominance 426
The Diaspora 429
The Biblical Source Material 431
Non Biblical Sources 431
The Exiles in Babylonia 432
The Egyptian Diaspora 435
14. The Era of the Persian Empire 437
The Rise of Cyrus and the Persians 428
Cyrus as Liberator and Propagandist 440
Persian Policy Toward the Judean Exiles 443
The Political Situation in Judah 445
The Extent of the Return 446
The Reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple 447
Cambyses 448
Darius I 450
The Completion of Temple Reconstruction 456
Judah as a Persian Province After Darius I 460
Persia and the West from Darius I to Artaxerxes III 462
The Activity of Ezra and Nehemiah 465
The Chronological Problem 468
The Work of Nehemiah 469
Ezra's Attempted Reform 472
Later Developments in the Period 474
Bibliography 477
Name Index 493
Scripture Index 510
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