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Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon’s temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the “official” and “popular” expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel’s neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more.

Philistines --- Iron Age --- Aegean-style --- temples --- shrines --- household --- figurines --- Israelite religion --- ancient Israel --- cultic buildings --- sanctuaries --- biblical archaeology --- egalitarian ethos --- religion --- women --- Israel --- Judah --- domestic religion --- family religion --- rituals --- worship --- Jerusalem Temple --- feminist studies --- archaeology --- Hebrew Bible --- Old Testament --- Yahweh --- Asherah --- Tell el-Far‛ah North --- shrine model --- moon --- rain --- womb --- mercy --- household religion --- cult sites --- Transjordan --- Deir Alla --- Pella --- Damiyah --- Ataruz --- Mudayna Thamad --- WT-200 --- Busayrah --- Ammon --- sons of Ammon --- Ammonite --- gods --- Milkom --- iconography --- Jordan --- Solomon’s Temple --- Khirbet Qeiyafa --- Motza --- Kuntillet ʿAjrud --- theomachy --- theophany --- blessings --- Hebrew inscriptions --- scribal curriculum --- zooarchaeology --- sacrifice --- offering --- Yahwistic worship --- sacred feasting --- faunal remains --- animal bones --- cult --- ritual --- Tel Dan --- Late Bronze Age --- Canaan --- Egypt --- Israelite festivals --- Sabbath --- calendars --- pilgrimage festivals --- full-moon celebrations --- harvest celebrations --- firstborn rituals --- first produce rituals --- folk religion --- Bible --- Near Eastern archaeology --- archaeology and religion

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Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other Ancient Near Eastern religions was accumulated and initially used to illuminate Israelite religious practices as described in the Bible, but gradually led to challenging some of the accepted truisms. The new information was collected mainly through archaeological excavations, and archaeology had gradually become a major player in the study of ancient Israelite religion(s) and religious practices. The massive amount of information on the various subthemes related to Israelite religions, the shifting trends in scholarship, the multiplicity of approaches, and the interdisciplinary nature of the field means that no single scholar can master all the data today. Indeed, there is currently no comprehensive and updated book that covers all or even most aspects pertaining to Israelite religion(s). This volume is a partial attempt to fill some of this lacuna. The volume includes a number of broad, summarizing studies, presenting readers with the up-to-date state of the research on a number of important issues, from Solomon’s temple to broader studies of the loci of cultic activity in ancient Israel through to analysis of the difference between the “official” and “popular” expression of religion, the place of women in Israelite cult(s), similarities and differences between the religious practices in Israel and Judah and those of other Iron Age religions, and the religion of some of Israel’s neighbors to the role of zooarchaeology in the study of religion, ancient Israelite festivals, and more.

Biography & True Stories --- Archaeology --- Philistines --- Iron Age --- Aegean-style --- temples --- shrines --- household --- figurines --- Israelite religion --- ancient Israel --- cultic buildings --- sanctuaries --- biblical archaeology --- egalitarian ethos --- religion --- women --- Israel --- Judah --- domestic religion --- family religion --- rituals --- worship --- Jerusalem Temple --- feminist studies --- archaeology --- Hebrew Bible --- Old Testament --- Yahweh --- Asherah --- Tell el-Far‛ah North --- shrine model --- moon --- rain --- womb --- mercy --- household religion --- cult sites --- Transjordan --- Deir Alla --- Pella --- Damiyah --- Ataruz --- Mudayna Thamad --- WT-200 --- Busayrah --- Ammon --- sons of Ammon --- Ammonite --- gods --- Milkom --- iconography --- Jordan --- Solomon’s Temple --- Khirbet Qeiyafa --- Motza --- Kuntillet ʿAjrud --- theomachy --- theophany --- blessings --- Hebrew inscriptions --- scribal curriculum --- zooarchaeology --- sacrifice --- offering --- Yahwistic worship --- sacred feasting --- faunal remains --- animal bones --- cult --- ritual --- Tel Dan --- Late Bronze Age --- Canaan --- Egypt --- Israelite festivals --- Sabbath --- calendars --- pilgrimage festivals --- full-moon celebrations --- harvest celebrations --- firstborn rituals --- first produce rituals --- folk religion --- Bible --- Near Eastern archaeology --- archaeology and religion --- Philistines --- Iron Age --- Aegean-style --- temples --- shrines --- household --- figurines --- Israelite religion --- ancient Israel --- cultic buildings --- sanctuaries --- biblical archaeology --- egalitarian ethos --- religion --- women --- Israel --- Judah --- domestic religion --- family religion --- rituals --- worship --- Jerusalem Temple --- feminist studies --- archaeology --- Hebrew Bible --- Old Testament --- Yahweh --- Asherah --- Tell el-Far‛ah North --- shrine model --- moon --- rain --- womb --- mercy --- household religion --- cult sites --- Transjordan --- Deir Alla --- Pella --- Damiyah --- Ataruz --- Mudayna Thamad --- WT-200 --- Busayrah --- Ammon --- sons of Ammon --- Ammonite --- gods --- Milkom --- iconography --- Jordan --- Solomon’s Temple --- Khirbet Qeiyafa --- Motza --- Kuntillet ʿAjrud --- theomachy --- theophany --- blessings --- Hebrew inscriptions --- scribal curriculum --- zooarchaeology --- sacrifice --- offering --- Yahwistic worship --- sacred feasting --- faunal remains --- animal bones --- cult --- ritual --- Tel Dan --- Late Bronze Age --- Canaan --- Egypt --- Israelite festivals --- Sabbath --- calendars --- pilgrimage festivals --- full-moon celebrations --- harvest celebrations --- firstborn rituals --- first produce rituals --- folk religion --- Bible --- Near Eastern archaeology --- archaeology and religion

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"Presents a series of studies that address various aspects of Assyrian rule in the southern Levant and its consequences, as well as life under Assyrian hegemony, and the sources available for such studies"--Provided by publisher.

Assyria --- Palestine --- Civilization. --- History. --- Relations --- History --- Sources. --- Civilization --- Sources --- Assyrie --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Histoire. --- Civilisation assyro-babylonienne --- Domination --- Assyria - Civilization --- Assyria - History --- Palestine - History --- Assyria - Relations - Palestine --- Palestine - Relations - Assyria --- Assyria - History - Sources

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This volume is the most recent collective contribution of a group of biblical scholars and archaeologists who are engaged in an ongoing debate about the nature of family and household religion in ancient Israel and its environment. It is intended to complement the volume Household and Family Religion in Antiquity, edited by John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan, which grew out of a conference held at Brown University in 2005 on household and family religion in the ancient Mediterranean world, with an emphasis on cross-cultural comparison. Several meetings after the Brown conference carried the theme forward, and a fourth meeting at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in April 2009 emphasized theoretical and methodological challenges facing scholars of household and family religion (e.g., the conceptualization of family/household religion, the problem of identifying pertinent artifacts, and the difficulties inherent in using texts together with material evidence). This volume is a direct outgrowth of the Münster meeting. For both the meeting and the volume, the goal was to bring together a group of specialists in biblical studies, epigraphy, and archaeology who would utilize a variety of humanistic and social-scientific approaches to the data and would also be willing to engage in dialogue and debate; during the conference in Münster, there was much vigorous intellectual engagement. The essays published here reflect the energy of that conference and will contribute, both individually and collectively, to the advancement of our knowledge of Israelite family and household religion.

Families --- Jewish families --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Families, Jewish --- Jews --- Religious aspects --- Judaism --- Conduct of life --- History --- Religious life --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Palestine --- Holy Land --- Social life and customs --- RELIGION --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- General. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento