Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period (SBL Symposium Series)

JERUSALEM IN BIBLE AND ARCHAEOLOGY: The First Temple Period......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
Ann Ε. Killebrew and Andrew G. Vaughn: Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: Dialogues and Dicussions......Page 16
PART 1: JERUSALEM DURING THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON......Page 19
FART 2: THE FINAL TWO CENTURIES OF FIRST TEMPLE JERUSALEM......Page 21
PART 3: SYNTHETIC APPROACHES THAT INTEGRATE THE DISPARATE DATA......Page 23
Part 1: JERUSALEM DURING THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON......Page 26
NATURAL FEATURES......Page 28
HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH......Page 32
CHALCOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGES......Page 34
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE......Page 36
LATE BRONZE AGE......Page 42
IRON AGE I......Page 48
DEVELOPMENT DURING THE PERIOD OF THE UNITED MONARCHY......Page 69
AREA G......Page 71
AREAS B, D, AND Ε......Page 81
OUTSIDE THE FORTIFICATION WALL......Page 82
TEMPLE MOUNT......Page 83
WESTERN HILL......Page 85
CONCLUSIONS......Page 86
POSTSCRIPT......Page 88
CONTEXTS AVAILABLE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION......Page 91
STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION......Page 92
SITE FORMATION PROCESSES......Page 93
CONCLUSIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS FAMILIAR WITH THE FULL RECORD......Page 94
Israel Finkelstein: The Rise of Jerusalem and Judah: The Missing Link......Page 96
INTRODUCTION: FROM CHIEFDOM TO STATEHOOD......Page 97
THE STONE TERRACES AND THE STEPPED STONE STRUCTURE......Page 99
THE LATE BRONZE AGE (CA. 1550-1150 B.C.E.)......Page 101
THE IRON I (CA. 1150-925/900 B.C.E.)......Page 102
THE NINTH CENTURY B.C.E.: THE OMRIDE CONNECTION......Page 107
SUMMARY......Page 116
David Ussishkin: Solomon's Jerusalem: The Text and the Facts on the Ground......Page 118
Gunnar Lehmann: The United Monarchy in the Countryside: Jerusalem, Judah, and the Shephelah during the Tenth Century B.C.E.......Page 132
MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES......Page 140
POPULATION SIZE......Page 145
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ENDOGAMY AND MARRIAGE ALLIANCES......Page 151
SETTLEMENT PATTERN......Page 161
BACK TO JERUSALEM: A CONCLUSION......Page 171
ECONOMY......Page 172
SOCIOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS......Page 174
J. J. M. Roberts: Solomon's Jerusalem and the Zion Tradition......Page 178
Richard Elliott Friedman: Solomon and the Great Histories......Page 186
Part 2: THE RISE AND FALL OF JERUSALEM AT THE END OF THE JUDAHITE KINGDOM......Page 196
INTRODUCTION......Page 198
THE DEBATE IN THE PAST BETWEEN "MINIMALISTS" AND "MAXIMALISTS"......Page 199
REMAINS OF THE SETTLEMENT AT THE END OF THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIODIN THE JEWISH QUARTER......Page 203
DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION......Page 205
THE FORTIFICATIONS......Page 207
DATING THE SETTLEMENT ON THE SOUTHWESTERN HILL AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS......Page 210
THE QUESTION OF THE WALL'S CONTINUATION WESTWARD......Page 215
SUMMARY: THE CHARACTER OE THE SETTLEMENT ON THE SOUTHWESTERN HILL......Page 218
Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron: The Urban Development of Jerusalem in the Late Eighth Century B.C.E.......Page 224
James K. Hoffmeier: Egypt's Role in the Events of 701 B.C. in Jerusalem......Page 234
KASHTA, FATHER OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH DYNASTY......Page 236
PI(ANKH)Y, CONQUEROR OF EGYPT......Page 238
SHABAKO (716-702 B.C.)......Page 240
SHABATAKA (SHEBITKU) 702-690 B.c.......Page 244
TAHARQA AND THE EVENTS OF 701 B.C.......Page 245
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS......Page 247
K. Lawson Younger Jr.: Assyrian Involvement in the Southern Levant at the End of the Eighth Century B.C.E.......Page 250
CONCLUSION......Page 277
J. J. M. Roberts: Egypt, Assyria, Isaiah, and the Ashdod Affair: An Alternative Proposal......Page 280
James K. Hoffmeier: Egypt's Role in the Events of 701 B.C.: A Rejoinder to J. J. M. Roberts......Page 300
SECONDARY STATE COLLAPSE......Page 306
SECONDARY STATE COLLAPSE: TRAITS......Page 307
SECONDARY STATE COLLAPSE: DIACHRONIC ASPECTS......Page 308
CENTRALIZING/ SEGMENTARY CONFLICT......Page 309
EVALUATING THE JERUSALEM MATERIAL......Page 310
CONCLUSION......Page 319
THE PRIMACY OF JERUSALEM IN THE UNITED MONARCHY......Page 322
WHY PROMOTE JERUSALEM?......Page 329
JERUSALEM'S INTERNATIONAL IMPORT IN THE JUDAHITE MONARCHY......Page 336
CONCLUSIONS......Page 341
Part 3—BIBLICAL JERUSALEM: TOWARD A CONSENSUS......Page 342
Ann E. Killebrew: Biblical Jerusalem: An Archaeological Assessment......Page 344
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSENSUS: MIDDLE BRONZE IIB (CA. 1800-1550 B.C.E.) AND IRON IIC (CA. 720-586 B.C.E.)—AN URBAN FORTIFIED JERUSALEM......Page 347
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY: LATE BRONZE-IRON IIB (CA. 1550-720 B.C.E.) — A FORTIFIED URBAN CITY OR MODEST REGIONAL CENTER?......Page 353
CONCLUSIONS......Page 358
Margreet Steiner: The Evidence from Kenyon's Excavations in Jerusalem: A Response Essay......Page 362
JERUSALEM DURING THE AMARNA PERIOD (FOURTEENTH CENTURY B.C.E.)......Page 363
NOT ENOUGH AREA WAS EXCAVATED......Page 364
JERUSALEM WAS NOT A CITY OR IMPORTANT TOWN DURING THE AMARNA PERIOD......Page 365
DO THE LARGE STEPPED STONE STRUCTURE AND THE EARTH-FILLED TERRACES CONSTITUTE ONE ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEM OR TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES, AND WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR THEIR DATING?......Page 366
JERUSALEM AT THE BEGINNING OF IRON AGE II......Page 376
Yairah Amit: Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: When Did Jerusalem Become a Subject of Polemic?......Page 380
THE CONTEXT FOR WRITING THE BIBLE......Page 390
LATE MONARCHIC JERUSALEM......Page 394
ISAIAH OF JERUSALEM......Page 402
THE HEZEKIAN EDITION OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY......Page 403
THE BOOK OF AMOS......Page 405
THE BOOK OF HOSEA......Page 406
Neil Asher Silberman: Archaeology, Ideology, and the Search for David and Solomon......Page 410
Andrew G. Vaughn: Is Biblical Archaeology Theologically Useful Today? Yes, A Programmatic Proposal......Page 422
PLACHER'S APPROACH (= THE "MEANING" APPROACH)......Page 423
BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM......Page 425
THE ESSENTIAL CONTINUITY APPROACH......Page 427
RHETORICAL AND LITERARY APPROACHES......Page 428
HISTORICAL IMAGINATION AS A MEANS TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMATIC ALTERNATIVES......Page 429
JERUSALEM DURING THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON......Page 432
BACKGROUND (POSITIVE) HISTORY FROM THE EIGHTH CENTURY......Page 437
CRITICAL (NEGATIVE) HISTORY FROM THE EIGHTH CENTURY......Page 440
CONCLUSION......Page 445
Bibliography......Page 446
Index of Primary Sources......Page 498
Index of Ancient Names and Places......Page 505
Index of Modern Authorities......Page 513
Contributors......Page 524