Kyle H. Keimer - The Ancient Israelite World

This volume presents a collection of studies by international experts on various aspects of ancient Israels society, economy, religion, language, culture, and history, synthesizing archaeological remains and integrating them with discussions of ancient Near Eastern and biblical texts.

Driven by theoretically and methodologically informed discussions of the archaeology of the Iron Age Levant, the 47 chapters in The Ancient Israelite World provide foundational, accessible, and detailed studies in their respective topics. The volume considers the history of interpretation of ancient Israel, studies on various aspects of ancient Israels society and history, and avenues for present and future approaches to the ancient Israelite world. Accompanied by over 150 maps and figures, it allows the reader to gain an understanding of key issues that archaeologists, historians, and biblical scholars have faced and are currently facing as they attempt to better understand ancient Israelite society.

The Ancient Israelite World is an essential reference work for students and scholars of ancient Israel and its history, culture, and society, whether they are historians, archaeologists, or biblical scholars.

Kyle H. Keimer is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Archaeology, History, and Language of Ancient Israel at Macquarie University, Australia. He co-edited Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East: Getting the Message Across and is co-editing See the Whole Land is Before You: New Directions in the Historical Geography of the Ancient Near East. His research focuses on integrating the archaeology of ancient Israel and the biblical texts. He also co-directed excavations at Khirbet el-Rai, Israel.

George A. Pierce is Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, USA. He recently co-edited To Explore the Land of Canaan: Studies in Honor of Jeffrey R. Chadwick. His research interests include environmental reconstruction, regional settlement patterns, and digital application in archaeology. He is the supervisor of the GIS team for the Tel Shimron excavations, Israel.

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The Ancient Israelite World

Edited by Kyle H. Keimer and George A. Pierce

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Names: Keimer, Kyle H., editor. | Pierce, George A., editor.

Title: The ancient Israelite world / edited by Kyle H. Keimer and George A. Pierce.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2023. | Series: Routledge worlds | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2022021077 (print) | LCCN 2022021078 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367406844 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032349732 (paperback) | ISBN 9780367815691 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Palestine-Civilivation. | Jews-History-To 70 A.D.

Classification: LCC DS121.3 .A53 2023 (print) | LCC DS121.3 (ebook) | DDC 933/.4-dc23/eng/20220511

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021077

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022021078

ISBN: 978-0-367-40684-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-032-34973-2 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-81569-1 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9780367815691

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Kyle H. Keimer and George A. Pierce

Chris McKinny

Koert van Bekkum

Daniel Pioske

Avraham Faust

William G. Dever

Nava Panitz-Cohen

Jeffrey R. Zorn

Kyle H. Keimer

Norma Franklin

Igor Kreimerman

George A. Pierce

Gunnar Lehmann

ystein S. LaBianca and Jeffrey P. Hudon

Zachary Thomas

Aaron Brody

Rebekah Welton

Jennie Ebeling

Kristine Henriksen Garroway

Eckart Otto

Charlie Trimm

Matthieu Richelle

Alice Mandell

Nathaniel E. Greene

Timothy Hogue

Joel S. Baden

Jeremy D. Smoak

Christoph Uehlinger

George A. Pierce and Kyle H. Keimer

Dan Belnap

Shawn Zelig Aster

Christopher B. Hays

Aaron A. Burke

Aaron A. Burke

Aren M. Maeir

Scott W. Booth

Ilan Sharon

Randall W. Younker

Benjamin W. Porter

Juan Manuel Tebes

Krystal V. L. Pierce

Jeremy Pope

Ido Koch

Laurie E. Pearce

Lidar Sapir-Hen

Matthew D. Howland and Thomas E. Levy

Rachel Hallote

Shawn Zelig Aster is an Associate Professor in the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, where he also teaches in the Zalman Shamir Bible Department. He is the author of Reflections of Empire in Isaiah 139: Responses to Assyrian Ideology (SBL, 2017).

Joel S. Baden is Professor of Divinity and of Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the author of J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch (Mohr Siebeck, 2009) and The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis (Yale University Press, 2012).

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