Early Iron Age Polities in the Southern Levant : Methodological Remarks

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Thomas, Zachary. (2024). Early Iron Age Polities in the Southern Levant : Methodological Remarks. In In Hensel, Benedikt and Davis, Jordan (Ed.). Transjordan and the Southern Levant: New Approaches Regarding the Iron Age and the Persian Period from Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology pp. 15-35 Mohr Siebeck.
AuthorsThomas, Zachary
EditorsHensel, Benedikt and Davis, Jordan
Abstract

[Extract] This essay offers remarks on some frequently overlooked methodological problems in the archaeological-historical study of early Iron Age polities on either side of the Jordan River. Here I limit my remarks to those Semitic-speaking polities for which we have the most evidence that can be related to this period: Israel, Ammon, Moab, and Edom.

KeywordsJordan; Transjordanian regions; Iron Age; Hellenistic period; religious history; cultural history
Page range15-35
Year01 Jan 2024
Book titleTransjordan and the Southern Levant: New Approaches Regarding the Iron Age and the Persian Period from Hebrew Bible Studies and Archaeology
PublisherMohr Siebeck
Place of publicationGermany
Edition8
SeriesArchaeology and Bible
ISBN978-3-16-163451-2
Web address (URL)https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/transjordan-and-the-southern-levant-9783161634512/
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