by hadassah | Oct 27, 2016 | The Deuteronomistic History
“No actual remains of Solomonic Jerusalem have survived,” Dr. Kathleen Kenyon wrote shortly before her death in 1978.1 Most scholars would agree with famous British archaeologist even today. I believe she is wrong. A major Solomonic monument is visible in Jerusalem...
by hadassah | Jan 22, 2009 | The Deuteronomistic History
Major Philistine City Survived by Absorbing Other Cultures The Philistines were the chief adversary of Biblical Israel in the 12th and 11th centuries B.C.E. They were also the conquerors of the Canaanite cities of the southern coastal plain. At the beginning of the...
by hadassah | Jan 22, 2009 | The Deuteronomistic History
Overview Life in the Land (Joshua and Judges), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Prophets and Kings (1 and 2 Samuel), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Response to Catastrophe (1 and 2 Kings), Christine Hayes, Open Yale...
by hadassah | Jun 30, 2008 | The Deuteronomistic History
Visitors to Jerusalem understandably are often confused by the jumbled and disconnected layers of the past that exist side by side with the teeming modern city. Jerusalem at the time of the First Temple—the Jerusalem of the Bible, the Jerusalem of Solomon, the...
by hadassah | Jun 25, 2008 | The Deuteronomistic History
Where They Came From, How They Settled Down and the Place They Worshiped In The accumulated evidence from recent excavations at Miqne and other sites and current research on the material culture of the Philistines and other Sea Peoples make the time ripe for a...
by hadassah | Jun 16, 2008 | The Deuteronomistic History
Were they Egyptian lackeys or invading conquerors? Archaeology has brought the Philistines to life more vividly than perhaps any other Biblical people save the Israelites and the Egyptians. We now know that the Philistines were one of the Sea Peoples that also...
