One God – One Cult – One Nation : : Archaeological and Biblical Perspectives / / ed. by Reinhard G. Kratz, Hermann Spieckermann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Auffarth, Christoph,; Blum, Erhard,; Corzilius, Björn,; Finkelstein, Israel,; Herzog, Ze\x27ev,; Heyden, Katharina,; Kratz, Reinhard G.,; Köckert, Matthias,; Mazar, Amihai,; Mazor, Gabriel,; Pakkala, Juha,; Pilger, Tanja,; Rofé, Alexander,; Schaudig, Hanspeter,; Segal, Michael,; Spieckermann, Hermann,; Stern, Ephraim,; Witte, Markus,
• HerausgeberIn: Kratz, Reinhard G.,; Spieckermann, Hermann,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 405
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (463 p.)

Die jüngere archäologische und bibelwissenschaftliche Forschung stellt das traditionelle Bild der Geschichte des antiken Israel infrage.Der vorliegende Band führt neueste Forschungsergebnisse beider Wissenschaftsdisziplinen zusammen und stellt die Frage nach der historischen Faktizität oder literarischen Fiktionalität des Davidisch-Salomonischen Großreichs (‛One Nation’) und der Kultreformmaßnahme unter Josia (‛One Cult’). Die politischen und kulturellen Wechselbeziehungen innerhalb des Vorderen Orients werden am Beispiel der antiken Stadt Beth She'an/Scythopolis veranschaulicht und in ihrer Bedeutung für den Wandel des Gottesbildes (‛One God’) problematisiert.Der Sammelband enthält siebzehn englischsprachige Beiträge von international anerkannten Forschern aus Israel, Finnland und Deutschland.

Recent archaeological and biblical research challenges the traditional view of the history of ancient Israel. This book presents the latest findings of both academic disciplines regarding the United Monarchy of David and Solomon (‛One Nation’) and the cult reform under Josiah (‛One Cult’), raising the issue of fact versus fiction. The political and cultural interrelations in the Near East are illustrated on the example of the ancient city of Beth She'an/Scythopolis and are discussed as to their significance for the transformation in the conception of God (‛One God’). The volume contains 17 contributions by internationally eminent scholars from Israel, Finland and Germany.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- I. The Great Monarchy: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives on David and Solomon -- A Great United Monarchy? Archaeological and Historical Perspectives -- Archaeology and the Biblical Narrative: The Case of the United Monarchy -- Solomon and the United Monarchy: Some Textual Evidence -- Elders or Youngsters? Critical Remarks on 1 Kings 12 -- 'What Share Do We Have in David...?' – Ben Sira's Perspectives on 1 Kings 12 -- II. The Cult Centralization in Its Near Eastern Context: Perspectives on Hezekiah and Josiah -- The Idea of Cultic Centralization and Its Supposed Ancient Near Eastern Analogies -- Cult Centralization in the Ancient Near East? Conceptions of the Ideal Capital in the Ancient Near East -- Perspectives on Southern Israel's Cult Centralization: Arad and Beer-scheba -- Why the Cult Reforms in Judah Probably Did not Happen -- III. The Ancient City: Perspectives on the Political and Cultural Interrelations at Beth Shean -- Tel Beth-Shean: History and Archaeology -- Nysa-Scythopolis: Ethnicity and Religion -- Beth Shean/Scythopolis in Late Antiquity: Cult and Culture, Continuity and Change -- IV. The One and The Only: Perspectives on the Development of a Divine Concept -- God and His People: The Concept of Kingship and Cult in the Ancient Near East -- YHWH in the Northern and Southern Kingdom -- From Many Gods to the One God: The Archaeological Evidence -- Monotheism and Angelology in Daniel -- Justice, the King and the Gods: Polytheism and Emerging Monotheism in the Ancient World -- Backmatter