Israel's Ethnogenesis: Settlement, Interaction, Expansion, And Resistance

Author: Avi Faust
Israel's Ethnogenesis: Settlement, Interaction, Expansion, And Resistance
Equ inox Publishing
ISBN: 1904768989
2008
Format: PDF
Size: 10,6 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 288
The emergence of Israel in Canaan is perhaps the most debated topic in biblical/Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and related fields. Accordingly, it has received a great deal of attention in recent years, both in scholarly literature and in popular publications.
Generally speaking, however, the archaeology of ancient Israel is wedged in a paradoxical situation. Despite the large existing database of archaeological finds (from thousands of excavations conducted over an extremely limited area) scholars in this (sub)discipline typically do not engage in Itheoretical (anthropological) discussions, thus exposing a large gap between it and other branches of archaeology, in this respect.