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| ISBN-13: | 9781619709119 |
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| Publisher: | Hendrickson Publishers, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 05/01/2018 |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Sales rank: | 511,852 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Dr. Matthieu Richelle is professor of Old Testament at the Faculté Libre de Théologie Évangélique, Vaux-sur-Seine, France. A former student at the French Biblical and Archaeological School in Jerusalem, he received his PhD from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne) and has taught courses on ancient Semitic inscriptions there for years. Richelle has written dozens of scholarly and popular articles on the Bible and the history and inscriptions of Syria-Palestine, and he is the author of several books (in French), including A Guide to Old Testament Exegesis, Understanding Genesis 1-11 Today, and The Testament of Elisha: Masoretic Text and Septuagint in 2 Kings 13:10-14:16.
Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
Foreword xi
Preface to the English Edition xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1 What Archaeologists Discover 3
Discovering Ancient Cities 3
Identifying Sites 3
Going Back in Time 5
Population 7
Architecture 9
Discovering Life in Ancient Israel 16
Daily Life 16
The Structures of Israelite Society 18
Religious Practice 19
Commerce and International Relations 23
Historical Events 24
2 When Stones Speak 26
The Principal Types of Inscriptions 26
Royal Stelae 26
Clay Tablets 33
Ostraca 35
Papyri 36
Scrolls 37
Other Materials 37
The Dead Sea Scrolls 38
The Difficulties of Epigraphy 39
Decipherment 39
Interpretation 42
Dating 43
The Problem of Forgeries 44
3 The Limits of Archaeology 50
Limits Imposed by the Interpretation of the Data 50
A Lack of Certitude in the Identification of Sites 50
Correlations That Are Possible But Not Proven 52
Interpretations Rather Than Raw Facts 54
Uncertain Dates 55
Limits Inherent to Excavations 57
The Object of Excavations Is Ruins 57
The Excavation of a Site Is Partial 59
Excavations Are Not Always Published 59
4 The Bible and Archaeology: What Kind of Relationship? 61
The Different Approaches 61
Archaeology, Servant of the Bible 62
The Positive Approach of "Biblical Archaeology" 63
Syro-Palestinian Archaeology as an Independent Discipline 64
Archaeology as the Only Historical Source 65
Archaeology as "Judge" of the Bible 66
Archaeology as a Primary Source 68
Toward a Balanced Approach 71
The Use of the Bible 73
The Biblical Accounts as Historical Sources 73
Drawing Hypotheses from the Bible 74
Real-Life Scenarios 75
Confirmations 75
Comparisons 75
Illustrations 76
Complements 76
Areas without Interaction 77
Tensions and Contradictions 78
Conclusion 79
5 A Case Study: The Kingdom of David and Solomon 81
The Problem 81
Challenging the Traditional Views 82
A New Chronology? 82
What Is at Stake? 83
The Chronology 83
Jerusalem 84
The Heart of the Problem 85
The Debate Today 86
A Minority View 86
A Still-Debated Solomonic Building Work 88
The Case of Jerusalem 89
The Temple 89
David's Palace 90
The Ophel 92
Conclusions, with a Few Words on the Biblical Debate 93
6 Archaeology and Writing in the Time of David and Solomon 95
The Dearth of Inscriptions from the Tenth to Ninth Centuries BCE 96
A Correlation between the Development of a Country and Literature? 99
Pointers to Literary Activity in the Tenth and Ninth Centuries 101
A Continuous Scribal Tradition 102
A "National" Script 102
Writing Fast 103
A Standardized Script 103
The Proper Context for Some Biblical Narratives? 104
Further Questions 105
Conclusion 107
For Further Reading 109
Notes 113
Figures 137