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The Oxford History of the Biblical World The Oxford History of the Biblical World Edited by Michael D. Coogan Frontispiece A thirteenth-century BCE stela from Ugarit (47 centimeters [18 inches] high) showing the god El seated on his throne, his hand lifted in blessing toward the worshiper (the king?) to the left. El was the king of the gods in Ugaritic mythology and is called “the kind, the compassionate” in the Ugaritic texts. El is also the name of the patron deity of Israel’s ancestors according to the book of Genesis. (Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY) OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press Issued as an Oxford University Press paperback in 2001. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016-4314 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Oxford history of the biblical world/ edited by Michael D. Coogan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-508707-0 — ISBN 0-19-513937-2 (pbk.) 1. Bible—History of contemporary events. 2. Civilization, Ancient. 3. Bible—History of Biblical events. I. Coogan, Michael David. BS635.2.094 2001 220.9’5—dc21 00-060612 The editor and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to quote from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents LIST OF MAPS PREFACE PROLOGUE In the Beginning: The Earliest History Michael D. Coogan CHAPTER ONE Before Israel: Syria-Palestine in the Bronze Age Wayne T. Pitard CHAPTER TWO Bitter Lives: Israel in and out of Egypt Carol A. Redmount CHAPTER THREE Forging an Identity: The Emergence of Ancient Israel Lawrence E. Stager CHAPTER FOUR “There Was No King in Israel”: The Era of the Judges Jo Ann Hackett CHAPTER FIVE Kinship and Kingship: The Early Monarchy Carol Meyers CHAPTER SIX A Land Divided: Judah and Israel from the Death of Solomon to the Fall of Samaria Edward F. Campbell Jr CHAPTER SEVEN Into Exile: From the Assyrian Conquest of Israel to the Fall of Babylon Mordechai Cogan CHAPTER EIGHT Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period Mary Joan Winn Leith CHAPTER NINE Between Alexandria and Antioch: Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period Leonard J. Greenspoon CHAPTER TEN Visions of Kingdoms: From Pompey to the First Jewish Revolt Amy-Jill Levine CHAPTER ELEVEN Churches in Context: The Jesus Movement in the Roman World Daniel N. Schowalter EPILOGUE Transitions and Trajectories: Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire Barbara Geller CHRONOLOGY GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX List of Maps Palestine: Principal Geographic Divisions 6 The Ancient Near East 39 The Near East during the Second Millennium BCE 37 The Sinai Peninsula 68 Highland Settlements in the Late Bronze and Iron I Periods 95 Highland Settlements in the Iron I and Iron II Periods 96 Egypt, Sinai, Arabia, and the Land of Midian 106 The Expansion of Philistine Settlement, ca. 1180–1050 BCE 114 Palestine and Transjordan in the Early Iron Age 138 Israelite Settlement: The Early Stages and the Eleventh Century BCE 147 Major Philistine and Phoenician Cities in the Early Iron Age 152 The Kingdoms of Saul, David, and Solomon 167 Negeb Settlements of the Tenth Century BCE 184 Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon 191 The Divided Monarchy: Judah and Israel from 928 to 722 BCE 208 The Near East during the Assyrian Empire 224 Jerusalem during the Eighth and Seventh Centuries BCE 245 The Near East during the Neo-Babylonian Empire 263 The Near East during the Persian Empire 280 Palestine during the Persian Period 287 The Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires 325 Palestine under the Hasmoneans 332 Palestine under the Herods 354 The Eastern Mediterranean during the Roman Empire 400
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