Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion

Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other...

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description Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon’s temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the “official” and “popular” expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel’s neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-690662024-03-26T22:55:44Z Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion Faust, Avraham Philistines Iron Age Aegean-style temples shrines household figurines Israelite religion ancient Israel cultic buildings sanctuaries biblical archaeology egalitarian ethos religion women Israel Judah domestic religion family religion rituals worship Jerusalem Temple feminist studies archaeology Hebrew Bible Old Testament Yahweh Asherah Tell el-Far‛ah North shrine model moon rain womb mercy household religion cult sites Transjordan Deir Alla Pella Damiyah Ataruz Mudayna Thamad WT-200 Busayrah Ammon sons of Ammon Ammonite gods Milkom iconography Jordan Solomon’s Temple Khirbet Qeiyafa Motza Kuntillet ʿAjrud theomachy theophany blessings Hebrew inscriptions scribal curriculum zooarchaeology sacrifice offering Yahwistic worship sacred feasting faunal remains animal bones cult ritual Tel Dan Late Bronze Age Canaan Egypt Israelite festivals Sabbath calendars pilgrimage festivals full-moon celebrations harvest celebrations firstborn rituals first produce rituals folk religion Bible Near Eastern archaeology archaeology and religion thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon’s temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the “official” and “popular” expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel’s neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more. 2021-05-01T15:40:21Z 2021-05-01T15:40:21Z 2020 book ONIX_20210501_9783039368082_812 9783039368082 9783039368099 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69066 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2835 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2835 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03936-809-9 10.3390/books978-3-03936-809-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039368082 9783039368099 260 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle Philistines
Iron Age
Aegean-style
temples
shrines
household
figurines
Israelite religion
ancient Israel
cultic buildings
sanctuaries
biblical archaeology
egalitarian ethos
religion
women
Israel
Judah
domestic religion
family religion
rituals
worship
Jerusalem Temple
feminist studies
archaeology
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
Yahweh
Asherah
Tell el-Far‛ah North
shrine model
moon
rain
womb
mercy
household religion
cult sites
Transjordan
Deir Alla
Pella
Damiyah
Ataruz
Mudayna Thamad
WT-200
Busayrah
Ammon
sons of Ammon
Ammonite
gods
Milkom
iconography
Jordan
Solomon’s Temple
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Motza
Kuntillet ʿAjrud
theomachy
theophany
blessings
Hebrew inscriptions
scribal curriculum
zooarchaeology
sacrifice
offering
Yahwistic worship
sacred feasting
faunal remains
animal bones
cult
ritual
Tel Dan
Late Bronze Age
Canaan
Egypt
Israelite festivals
Sabbath
calendars
pilgrimage festivals
full-moon celebrations
harvest celebrations
firstborn rituals
first produce rituals
folk religion
Bible
Near Eastern archaeology
archaeology and religion
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title_full Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title_fullStr Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title_full_unstemmed Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title_short Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion
title_sort archaeology and ancient israelite religion
topic Philistines
Iron Age
Aegean-style
temples
shrines
household
figurines
Israelite religion
ancient Israel
cultic buildings
sanctuaries
biblical archaeology
egalitarian ethos
religion
women
Israel
Judah
domestic religion
family religion
rituals
worship
Jerusalem Temple
feminist studies
archaeology
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
Yahweh
Asherah
Tell el-Far‛ah North
shrine model
moon
rain
womb
mercy
household religion
cult sites
Transjordan
Deir Alla
Pella
Damiyah
Ataruz
Mudayna Thamad
WT-200
Busayrah
Ammon
sons of Ammon
Ammonite
gods
Milkom
iconography
Jordan
Solomon’s Temple
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Motza
Kuntillet ʿAjrud
theomachy
theophany
blessings
Hebrew inscriptions
scribal curriculum
zooarchaeology
sacrifice
offering
Yahwistic worship
sacred feasting
faunal remains
animal bones
cult
ritual
Tel Dan
Late Bronze Age
Canaan
Egypt
Israelite festivals
Sabbath
calendars
pilgrimage festivals
full-moon celebrations
harvest celebrations
firstborn rituals
first produce rituals
folk religion
Bible
Near Eastern archaeology
archaeology and religion
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
topic_facet Philistines
Iron Age
Aegean-style
temples
shrines
household
figurines
Israelite religion
ancient Israel
cultic buildings
sanctuaries
biblical archaeology
egalitarian ethos
religion
women
Israel
Judah
domestic religion
family religion
rituals
worship
Jerusalem Temple
feminist studies
archaeology
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament
Yahweh
Asherah
Tell el-Far‛ah North
shrine model
moon
rain
womb
mercy
household religion
cult sites
Transjordan
Deir Alla
Pella
Damiyah
Ataruz
Mudayna Thamad
WT-200
Busayrah
Ammon
sons of Ammon
Ammonite
gods
Milkom
iconography
Jordan
Solomon’s Temple
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Motza
Kuntillet ʿAjrud
theomachy
theophany
blessings
Hebrew inscriptions
scribal curriculum
zooarchaeology
sacrifice
offering
Yahwistic worship
sacred feasting
faunal remains
animal bones
cult
ritual
Tel Dan
Late Bronze Age
Canaan
Egypt
Israelite festivals
Sabbath
calendars
pilgrimage festivals
full-moon celebrations
harvest celebrations
firstborn rituals
first produce rituals
folk religion
Bible
Near Eastern archaeology
archaeology and religion
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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