A History of Ancient Israel and Judah
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Approaching biblical history as "history," Miller and Hayes examine the political and economic factors that give context to the Israelite monarchy's actions and the biblical writers' accounts.
Now updated with the latest research and critical discoveries, including the Tel Dan Inscription, and considering the lively debate surrounding the reliability of biblical accounts, Miller and Hayes's judicious and even-handed portrayal gives detailed attention to the nature, strengths, and limitations of various forms of evidence for understanding Israel's origins and early history.
The new edition also includes thirty-four new maps, helpful notes, and numerous charts and photographs.
About the Author
J. Maxwell Miller is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, Goergia.
List of Charts, Photographs, Maps, and Texts | p. xiii |
Preface | p. xvii |
Abbreviations | p. xix |
The Setting | p. 1 |
The Chronological Context | p. 1 |
The Israelites and Judeans as "Latecomers" | p. 3 |
Their Origins Shrouded in a Dark Age | p. 3 |
Israel and Judah among the Peoples and Empires of the Iron Age | p. 5 |
The Impact of Alexander's Conquest | p. 6 |
The Geographical Context | p. 6 |
The Fertile Crescent | p. 6 |
The Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard | p. 9 |
Palestine | p. 12 |
Everyday Life in Ancient Palestine | p. 24 |
Epigraphy and Archaeology | p. 30 |
Epigraphical Evidence | p. 30 |
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Palestine as Known from Egyptian Sources | p. 31 |
Early Iron Age Palestine's Heterogeneous Population | p. 33 |
Texts That Relate Specifically to Israel | p. 39 |
Archaeological Evidence | p. 43 |
Late Bronze Age Palestine (ca. 1550-1200 B.C.E.) | p. 46 |
The Early Iron Age | p. 48 |
Questionable Correlations between Archaeology and the Bible | p. 51 |
Early Israel and the Early Iron Age Highland Settlements | p. 57 |
The Biblical Evidence | p. 61 |
Summary of the Genesis-Judges Narrative | p. 62 |
Difficulties with Using the Genesis-Judges Narrative for Historical Research | p. 69 |
Ancient Notions about the Past | p. 70 |
General Improbabilities | p. 72 |
Internal Contradictions | p. 73 |
Composite Character of the Genesis-2 Kings History | p. 73 |
Folk Materials Embedded in the Hebrew Bible | p. 74 |
Folk Materials and Historical Evidence | p. 77 |
Contemporary Approaches to the History of Ancient Israel | p. 79 |
Our Approach | p. 81 |
Earliest Israel | p. 84 |
Families, Clans, and Tribes | p. 85 |
Tribal Alignments and Territories | p. 86 |
Ephraim and Satellite Tribes | p. 86 |
Other Tribes Occasionally Involved in Ephraimite Affairs | p. 89 |
Judah | p. 94 |
Other Southern Tribal Groups | p. 96 |
Leadership among the Clans and Tribes | p. 98 |
Religion and Cult | p. 100 |
El, Baal, and Yahweh | p. 102 |
Priestly Lines and Houses | p. 106 |
Shechem and Shiloh | p. 108 |
Defining Early Israel | p. 113 |
Eli, Samuel, and Saul | p. 119 |
Eli, Samuel, and Saul according to 1 Samuel | p. 120 |
Summary of 1 Samuel 1-15 | p. 120 |
General Characteristics of the 1 Samuel Account | p. 124 |
Separating the Traditions in 1 Samuel | p. 126 |
Problem Areas for the Historian | p. 129 |
Shiloh and the Elides | p. 132 |
The "Historical" Samuel | p. 134 |
Saul, an Early Israelite Chieftain | p. 135 |
Saul's Rise to Power | p. 136 |
The Territorial Extent of Saul's Chiefdom | p. 139 |
Administrative Affairs | p. 142 |
Saul and Yahwism | p. 142 |
Opposition to Saul | p. 143 |
Saul's Last Battle | p. 143 |
Abner and Ish-bosheth | p. 145 |
David | p. 148 |
David as Presented in the Biblical Materials | p. 149 |
Summary of 1 Samuel 16-1 Kings 2 | p. 149 |
Observations Regarding the Genesis-2 Kings Account of David's Reign | p. 152 |
The Chronicler's Presentation of David's Reign | p. 156 |
David and the Psalms | p. 158 |
The Biblical David and the Historical David | p. 159 |
David in Saul's Court | p. 160 |
David the Renegade | p. 162 |
Escape from Saul's Court | p. 162 |
David in Adullam and Vicinity | p. 164 |
Roaming the Wilderness of Ziph | p. 165 |
David with the Philistines | p. 166 |
David Rules from Hebron | p. 167 |
David, King of Jerusalem | p. 169 |
Dealing with Opposition | p. 172 |
The Execution of Saul's Descendants | p. 172 |
Absalom's Rebellion | p. 173 |
Sheba's Revolt | p. 176 |
David's Administration | p. 176 |
The "High Officials" | p. 177 |
The Zadokites and the Priests of Nob | p. 178 |
The Levites | p. 179 |
The Extent of David's Rule and His Frontier Wars | p. 180 |
Determining the Extent of David's Direct Rule | p. 180 |
David's Frontier Wars | p. 182 |
Solomon | p. 186 |
Solomon in the Biblical Materials | p. 188 |
The Genesis-2 Kings Presentation of Solomon's Reign | p. 188 |
Summary of 1 Kings 1-11 | p. 188 |
Composition and Structure of 1 Kings 1-11 | p. 191 |
The Chronicler's Presentation of Solomon | p. 195 |
Solomon and the "Wisdom" Books | p. 196 |
The Biblical Solomon and Historical Reconstruction | p. 197 |
Solomon and Archaeology | p. 197 |
Possible Glimpses of the Historical Solomon | p. 204 |
Solomon's Accession to the Throne | p. 204 |
The Extent of Solomon's Kingdom and International Relations | p. 206 |
Solomon and International Commerce | p. 209 |
Solomon's Administration | p. 211 |
Solomon the Builder | p. 214 |
Solomon and the Cult | p. 216 |
Internal Conflict | p. 219 |
Separate Kingdoms | p. 221 |
The International Scene during the Mid-Centuries of the Iron Age | p. 224 |
Peoples of the Iron Age | p. 225 |
The Neo-Assyrian Empire | p. 234 |
The Neo-Babylonian Empire | p. 238 |
Sources of Information about the Two Kingdoms | p. 239 |
The Hebrew Bible | p. 239 |
Epigraphical Evidence | p. 244 |
The Archaeology of Iron II Palestine | p. 248 |
Matters of Interpretation | p. 252 |
Origins of the Separate Kingdoms | p. 253 |
Establishing Dates for the Kings of Israel and Judah | p. 254 |
Four Decades of Hostilities | p. 259 |
Sources for the Period | p. 259 |
The Biblical Materials | p. 259 |
Sheshonq's Inscription | p. 261 |
The Shechem Assembly and Its Aftermath | p. 262 |
The Constituency of the Shechem Assembly | p. 263 |
Rehoboam's Rejection | p. 264 |
The Role of the Tribe of Benjamin | p. 265 |
Jeroboam at Shechem | p. 265 |
Differences between the Kingdoms | p. 266 |
Territorial Size and Strength | p. 266 |
Instability of the Northern Kingdom | p. 267 |
Absence of a Sustaining Royal Theology | p. 268 |
The Role of Prophets in Northern Politics | p. 269 |
Rehoboam, Abijam, and Asa of Judah | p. 271 |
Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, and Elah of Israel | p. 274 |
Shishak's Invasion | p. 278 |
Conflicts between the Kingdoms | p. 279 |
The Omride Era | p. 284 |
Sources for the Period and Their Problems | p. 286 |
The Omride Era as Presented in 1-2 Kings | p. 286 |
The Omride Era according to the Chronicler | p. 289 |
Royal Inscriptions of Moab, Assyria, and Syria | p. 291 |
Archaeological Evidence | p. 295 |
Conflicts in the Sources | p. 295 |
Chronological Issues | p. 299 |
Israel at Its Zenith under Omri and Ahab | p. 300 |
Omri's Rise to Power | p. 300 |
A New Capital at Samaria | p. 302 |
Omri and Ahab in International Affairs | p. 303 |
Omri and Ahab as Builders | p. 311 |
Yahwism and Baalism under the Omrides | p. 313 |
Ahab's Death and the Beginning of Decline under Ahaziah | p. 315 |
Jehoshaphat of Judah | p. 316 |
Jehoshaphat in the Shadow of Ahab | p. 316 |
Jehoshaphat's Maritime Venture | p. 319 |
The Two Jehorams (?) | p. 320 |
The End of the Omrides in Israel | p. 323 |
The Century of the Jehu Dynasty | p. 327 |
Sources of Information | p. 327 |
The Biblical Materials | p. 327 |
Royal Assyrian and Syrian Records | p. 329 |
Archaeology | p. 335 |
Chronological Matters | p. 336 |
Under Syrian Oppression and Recovery | p. 338 |
Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Joash of Israel | p. 340 |
Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah of Judah | p. 347 |
National Restoration under Jeroboam II and Uzziah | p. 352 |
Israel under Jeroboam | p. 352 |
Judah under Uzziah and Jotham | p. 356 |
Social and Religious Conditions | p. 357 |
The Era of Assyrian Domination: The End of the Kingdom of Israel | p. 360 |
Sources for the Period | p. 360 |
Syria-Palestine and the Assyrian Empire | p. 363 |
The Assyrian Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean Seaboard | p. 363 |
Assyrian Administrative Policies | p. 367 |
Chronological Issues | p. 369 |
Rezin's "Greater Syria" | p. 371 |
The Last Years of Israel | p. 374 |
Shallum and Menahem | p. 376 |
Pekahiah | p. 377 |
Pekah | p. 378 |
The Syro-Ephraimite Attack on Jerusalem | p. 378 |
Tiglath-pileser III's 734-731 Campaign | p. 380 |
Hoshea and the Fall of Samaria | p. 383 |
The Assyrian Province of Samerina | p. 388 |
Deportation and Resettlement | p. 388 |
Of Lions and Priests | p. 390 |
The Era of Assyrian Domination: Judean History from Ahaz to Amon | p. 392 |
Ahaz (Jehoahaz I) | p. 393 |
Ahaz as Depicted in the Biblical Sources | p. 394 |
Ahaz and the Syro-Ephraimite Crisis | p. 395 |
Ahaz's Religious Practices | p. 398 |
Hezekiah | p. 400 |
Hezekiah as Depicted in the Biblical Sources | p. 400 |
Chronological Difficulties | p. 403 |
Sargon and Hezekiah | p. 404 |
Hezekiah's Revolt and Sennacherib's Invasion | p. 410 |
Manasseh | p. 421 |
Pax Assyriaca | p. 423 |
Assyrian-Egyptian Rapprochement | p. 427 |
Manasseh and Assyria | p. 433 |
Manasseh in Babylon? | p. 436 |
Amon | p. 437 |
The Last Years of the Davidic Kingdom | p. 439 |
Sources for the Period | p. 439 |
The Accounts in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles | p. 439 |
The Prophetical Books | p. 441 |
The Babylonian Chronicles | p. 441 |
Hebrew Ostraca | p. 442 |
Chronological Problems | p. 442 |
The Collapse of Assyria and the Rise of Babylonia | p. 444 |
Cimmerians, Scythians, and Medes | p. 445 |
Egypt and Syria-Palestine | p. 446 |
The Rise of Babylon | p. 448 |
The Last Days of Assyria | p. 449 |
Judah and International Affairs | p. 450 |
Judah as an Egyptian Vassal | p. 451 |
Judah and the Barbarian Movements | p. 453 |
The Reign of Josiah | p. 454 |
Literary and Chronological Matters | p. 454 |
The Book of the Law | p. 455 |
Josiah's Reform | p. 457 |
The Death of Josiah | p. 460 |
Jehoahaz II | p. 461 |
Jehoiakim | p. 462 |
King Jehoiakim and the Prophet Jeremiah | p. 462 |
Judah as a Babylonian Vassal | p. 466 |
Jehoiachin | p. 468 |
Zedekiah | p. 468 |
Judah under Babylonian Hegemony | p. 469 |
The Judean Rebellion and the Fall of Jerusalem | p. 474 |
The Period of Babylonian Domination | p. 478 |
Sources for the Period | p. 478 |
Judah after the Fall of Jerusalem | p. 479 |
General Destruction in the Land | p. 479 |
Judean Exiles | p. 480 |
Verification of Prophetic Proclamation | p. 482 |
The Rule of Gedaliah | p. 482 |
An Attempt at Davidic Restoration | p. 485 |
Continuation of Cultic Life | p. 487 |
The Era of Babylonian Dominance | p. 488 |
The Diaspora | p. 491 |
The Biblical Source Material | p. 492 |
Nonbiblical Sources | p. 492 |
The Exiles in Babylonia | p. 493 |
The Egyptian Diaspora | p. 496 |
The Era of the Persian Empire | p. 498 |
Sources for the Period | p. 498 |
The Rise of Cyrus and the Persians | p. 500 |
Cyrus as Liberator and Propagandist | p. 505 |
Persian Policy toward the Judean Exiles | p. 508 |
The Political Situation in Judah | p. 510 |
The Extent of the Return | p. 511 |
The Reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple | p. 512 |
Cambyses | p. 513 |
Darius I | p. 515 |
The Completion of Temple Reconstruction | p. 518 |
Judah as a Persian Province after Darius I | p. 522 |
Persia and the West from Darius I to Artaxerxes III | p. 524 |
The Activity of Ezra and Nehemiah | p. 528 |
The Chronological Problem | p. 528 |
The Work of Nehemiah | p. 531 |
Ezra's Attempted Reform | p. 535 |
Later Developments in the Period | p. 538 |
Scripture Index | p. 541 |
Name Index | p. 553 |
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ISBN: 9780664223588
ISBN-10: 0664223583
Published: 1st October 2006
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 300
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5 x 3
Weight (kg): 0.85
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