Authors: Israel Finkelstein,Neil Asher Silberman
kings of (lists),
20
,
171
,
218
–19
under Jeroboam II,
206
,
207
,
209
,
210
–
11
,
212
population expansion in,
207
–
9
prophetic protest against,
212
–
14
Aram and,
39
kings of (list),
20
religious practice in,
247
southern kingdom (Judah) compared with,
149
–
68
Deuteronomistic History on,
167
–
68
Egyptian textual evidence,
154
–
55
environmental and topographical features,
155
–
58
prophecies and,
162
–
67
state formation,
158
–
59
Noth, Martin,
91
Nuzi tablets,
322
–
23
Old City of Jerusalem,
132
Old Testament.
See
Hebrew Bible
Olive oil industry,
159
Judah (
705
–
639
BCE
) and,
268
–
70
,
273
Omri, king of Israel,
169
,
170
,
171
,
172
Omride dynasty,
169
–
95
archaeological records of,
180
–
86
from Ataroth,
190
from Jahaz,
190
–
91
underground water tunnels,
184
–
86
biblical account of,
169
,
172
–
75
,
194
–
95
,
201
inconsistencies in,
175
–
76
Canaanite city-states and,
193
–
94
monarchical structure of,
187
–
88
multi-ethnic society of,
191
–
94
rise and fall of,
170
–
75
“Solomonic” gates and palaces
attributed to,
186
–
87
,
189
–
90
,
202
–
3
territorial holdings of,
178
,
190
,
191
Oren, Eliezer,
61
Othniel,
99
Palestine,
354
Pan-Israelite ideal,
46
n,
283
–
85
Canaanite conquest and,
92
,
94
–
96
in Patriarchal narratives,
44
Passover sacrifice,
280
Pastoral nomadism,
320
,
321
,
334
–
35
Patriarchal age,
27
–
47
as Amorite,
320
–
21
failed search for historical,
33
–
36
post-exilic Yehud and story of,
312
war with Mesopotamian kings,
46
n
Amorite hypothesis,
319
–
21
as father of twelve tribes,
8
–
9
Laban and,
39
as pious “prehistory” of Israel,
45
,
46
sites connected with,
29
tombs of patriarchs in Hebron,
44
n,
312
Patriarchal narratives,
70
anachronisms in,
36
–
38
Canaanite peoples and places mentioned in,
32
dating controversy over,
36
–
38
E version of,
45
J version of,
45
as living map of ancient Near East,
38
–
40
Pan-Israelite idea in,
44
on peoples of desert and Eastern empires,
41
–
43
Peaceful infiltration theory of Israelite origins,
102
,
329
–
33
,
335
critique of,
103
–
4
Peasant revolt theory of Israelite origins,
104
–
5
,
333
–
39
archaeological context of,
333
–
35
Pekah, king of Israel,
199
,
214
–
15
,
219
,
233
Pekahiah, king of Israel,
199
,
219
Pelethites,
144
authorship of,
10
–
13
earliest source of,
22
–
23
epic of Judah created by,
283
–
84
J source of,
46
–
47
Priestly (P) source of,
12
,
42
n,
45
n,
310
source documents of,
12
–
13
Persia
Judahite exiles and,
308
rebuilding of Temple of Jerusalem and,
299
–
300
Philistia,
89
Philistine pottery,
141
Davidic conquests as evidenced in,
340
–
41
Israelites vs.,
134
–
35
in patriarchal narratives,
37
–
38
Pi-Ramesses, city of (Raamses),
56
,
57
,
59
Polytheism in Judah,
240
–
43
,
264
–
65
Pork, ban on,
119
–
20
Priestly source (P) in Pentateuch,
12
,
42
n,
45
n,
310
Pr-Itm,
59
Proto-Aeolic capitals,
181
,
182
–
83
,
189
Psammetichus I, pharaoh,
66
,
69
,
281
–
82
,
289
,
350
Pul, King.
See
Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria
Qarqar, battle of (
853
BCE
),
211
Qasile, Tel,
134
Raamses, city of (Pi-Ramesses),
56
,
57
,
59
Rachel,
31
Radiocarbon dating,
141
Rahab (harlot),
73
Ramesses I, pharaoh,
56
Ramesses II, pharaoh,
57
,
65
,
78
,
85
Ramesses III, pharaoh,
87
–
88
,
341
Ramesses VI, pharaoh,
90
Ramesside pharaohs,
76
n
Redactors,
12
Redford, Donald,
65
–
66
,
67
,
68
–
69
Red Sea, parting of,
51
Rehoboam, king of Judah,
151
,
152
,
231
–
32
,
236
,
240
forts built by,
235
Rehov, city of,
161
Rezin, king of Damascus,
215
,
233
–
34
Robinson, Edward,
15
–
16
Rosen, Baruch,
110
Rosetta Stone,
16
“R” passages,
12
Saint Catherine Monastery,
326
–
27
Saite Dynasty,
6
Samaria,
215
architectural similarities with Megiddo,
343
dynastic upheavals at,
214
–
15
Omride dynasty and,
172
,
179
,
180
–
83
,
189
population of,
191
–
92
rebuilding of Temple of Jerusalem and,
299
repopulation of,
220
sieges of,
203
Sarah,
28
–
30
Sargon II, king of Assyria,
211
,
217
–
20
,
221
,
230
,
250
,
267
Satrapies,
354
Saul, king of Israel,
123
,
125
–
26
,
131
,
150
Schliemann, Heinrich,
85
Seal impressions