Judah in the neo-Babylonian period
Subtitle: the archaeology of desolation
By: by Avraham Faust
Series: Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and biblical studies -- no. 18
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781589836402; 9781589836419
Subjects: Material culture; Judaism; Jews; Iron age; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The end of the Iron Age in Judah: primary archeological data; title: Judah in the 6th century B.C.E.: a rural perspective; title: Greek imports and the neo-Babylonian period; title: Social and cultural changes in Judah: the iron age to the Persian period; title: Settlement and demography in Judah: 7th-2nd century B.C.E; title: Excursus: the Babylonian destruction in context: Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib compared; title: 6th century Judah as a post-collapse society; title: Consequences of destruction: the continuity theory revisited; title: The land of Benjamin revisited; title: Life in Judah in the 6th century B.C.E; title: Judah in the 6th century B.C.E.: summary and conclusions.