The Forgotten Kingdom: The Archaeology and History of Northern Israel (Ancient Near East Monographs) - Hardcover

Israel Finkelstein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589839129 ISBN 13: 9781589839120

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013

Synopsis

Although Israel was dominant for most of the time the kingdoms of Israel and Judah coexisted, it has remained in Judah s shadow in both the Hebrew Bible and consequently in the attention of modern scholarship. This book presents the first comprehensive history of the northern kingdom and description of the archaeology of northern Israel from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1350 B.C.E.) until the kingdom's fall in 720 B.C.E. and beyond. It tells the story of the northern kingdom primarily in its formative phases. The narrative is based in archaeology and makes use of the most updated field research, with the addition of what is known from ancient Near Eastern and biblical texts. Finkelstein's thirty years of fieldwork in sites related to the northern kingdom have paved the way for a new understanding of the history and archaeology of ancient Israel.

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About the Author:

Israel Finkelstein is Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He has conducted numerous field projects, including excavations at biblical Shiloh and Megiddo. He is the author of many books, notably The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement (Israel Exploration Society) and Living on the Fringe (Sheffield Academic Press), the co-author, with Neil A. Silberman, of The Bible Unearthed and David and Solomon (both from Free Press), and was awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize in the Past Dimension in 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1589839129
• ISBN 13: 9781589839120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210