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uncovering the story of Saul, David, and Solomon
xvi, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
This book argues that the Jewish kingdom of the Bible was real, as were its first three kings, Saul, David and Solomon, even if the biblical stories distort their actions to glorify them. Combining fresh archaeological evidence with astute readings of key texts, the authors offer a compelling reconstruction of this fascinating ancient polity.
Part I: The united monarchy in the Bible and contemporary scholarship. Israel's united monarchy: the biblical story -- Untangling the threads of the biblical account with literary critical scholarship -- Deconstructing (and reconstructing) the united monarchy as historical: passing the baton to archaeology -- Part II: The archaeology of the tenth century BCE. Abandoned rural villages and the beginning of highlands fortifications -- Ceramic repertoire and social change in Philistia and Israel -- Resettling the Shephelah -- What happened to Philistia in the tenth century? -- Building in the swamps of the Sharon Plain -- The Beersheba Valley, the settlement of the Negev highlands, and the copper mines of Edom -- Edom, Moab, Ammon, and the Gilead: a brief overview of the Transjordan -- The cities and villages of the northern valleys -- The Galilee and the Phoenicians -- Part III: A new paradigm. The (re)appearance of Solomon: the archaeology of Israel's highland polity -- David's empire? The highland polity in historical and anthropological perspective -- From tribe to empire to state: synthesis of archaeological, anthropological, and biblical data -- Israel's highland polity: an attempt at history.
Avraham Faust, Bar Ilan University, Zev I. Farber, Shalom Hartman Institute.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-445) and index.