RT Book T1 Beyond the texts: an archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah A1 Dever, William G. 1933- LA English PP Atlanta PB SBL Press YR 2017 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1636355390 AB "William G. Dever offers a welcome perspective on ancient Israel and Judah that prioritizes the archaeological remains to render history as it was--not as the biblical writers argue it should have been. Drawing from the most recent archaeological data as interpreted from a nontheological point of view and supplementing that data with biblical material only when it converges with the archaeological record, Dever analyzes all the evidence at hand to provide a new history of ancient Israel and Judah that is accessible to all interested readers"-- AB Chapter I: "History from Things": on history and history-writing. Excursus I: a critique of the "European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History," 1998-2010 -- Chapter II. Prelude: the physical and cultural setting at the end of the Bronze Age -- Chapter III. The emergence of Israel in the light of history. Excursus I: Rainey's Transjordanian Shasu as "Earliest Israel Excursis II: Finkelstein's "Sedentarized Pastoralists" -- Chapter IV. The rise of Territorial States: the 10th Cent Excursus I. C14 dates of Megiddo and Tel Rehov -- Chapter V. The consolidation of the State. The Iron II B Period (9th-8th cent.) -- Chapter VI. Iron IIC: Judah in the 7th Century NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 649-727 CN DS111 SN 9780884142188 SN 9780884144915 K1 Bible : Old Testament : Antiquities K1 Excavations (archaeology) : Israel K1 Jews : History : 1200-953 B.C K1 Jews : History : 953-586 B.C K1 Israel : Antiquities K1 Palestine : Antiquities K1 Palestine : History : To 70 A.D