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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

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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

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The Proclamation of Jesus seeks to place Jesus in the context of first-century Palestinian Judaism. The authors hope to discern the essence of his preaching, his concept of the kingdom of God, and the place of purity in his teaching and activities. Better methods for assessing not simply the authenticity of reported sayings and deeds, but for tracing the development of tradition are considered. The authors are convinced that most of the Synoptic tradition is authentic, but that much of it has been reinterpreted and recontextualized. Herein lies the real challenge for those investigating the historical Jesus. The Proclamation of Jesus opens up new avenues of study and makes new proposals for understanding Jesus in the context of his place and time.

Purity, Ritual --- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in the Bible. --- Biblical teaching. --- 225*1 --- Jews --- -Jews --- -Purity, Ritual --- -Ceremonial purity --- Clean and unclean --- Cleanliness, Ritual --- Purity, Ceremonial --- Ritual purity --- Rites and ceremonies --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- Social life and customs --- -Judaism --- Jesus Christ --- -Jesus Christ --- -Christ --- Cristo --- Jezus Chrystus --- Jesus Cristo --- Jesus, --- Jezus --- Christ, Jesus --- Yeh-su --- Masīḥ --- Khristos --- Gesù --- Christo --- Yeshua --- Chrystus --- Gesú Cristo --- Ježíš --- Isa, --- Nabi Isa --- Isa Al-Masih --- Al-Masih, Isa --- Masih, Isa Al --- -Jesus, --- Jesucristo --- Yesu --- Yeh-su Chi-tu --- Iēsous --- Iēsous Christos --- Iēsous, --- Kʻristos --- Hisus Kʻristos --- Christos --- Jesuo --- Yeshuʻa ben Yosef --- Yeshua ben Yoseph --- Iisus --- Iisus Khristos --- Jeschua ben Joseph --- Ieso Kriʻste --- Yesus --- Kristus --- ישו --- ישו הנוצרי --- ישו הנצרי --- ישוע --- ישוע בן יוסף --- المسيح --- مسيح --- يسوع المسيح --- 耶稣 --- 耶稣基督 --- 예수그리스도 --- Jíizis --- Yéshoua --- Iėsu̇s --- Khrist Iėsu̇s --- عيسىٰ --- Jewishness --- Views on the Temple of Jerusalem --- Views on Jewish ritual purity --- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in the Bible --- -Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- -Jewishness --- 225*1 Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- -225*1 Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- Ceremonial purity --- Biblical teaching --- Christ --- Views on Jewish ritual purity. --- Views on the Temple of Jerusalem. --- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) --- In the Bible. --- Bible. --- Evangelie (Book of the New Testament) --- Fukuinsho (Books of the New Testament) --- Gospels (Books of the New Testament) --- Gospels, Synoptic (Books of the New Testament) --- Synoptic Gospels (Books of the New Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Purity [Ritual ] --- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) in the bible --- To 70 A.D. --- Palestine --- Jesus Christ - Jewishness. --- ‏عيسىٰ‏ --- Jesus Christ. --- Ges --- Ježí --- Masī --- -Nabi Isa --- Bet ha-miḳdash ha-rishon (Jerusalem) --- Bet ha-miḳdash ha-shelishi (Jerusalem) --- Bet ha-miḳdash ha-sheni (Jerusalem) --- Bet ha-miḳdash (Jerusalem) --- Beth ha-mikdash (Jerusalem) --- First Temple (Jerusalem) --- Herod's Temple (Jerusalem) --- Second Temple (Jerusalem) --- Solomon's Temple (Jerusalem) --- Temple (Jerusalem) --- Temple of Solomon (Jerusalem) --- Temple of Zerubbabel (Jerusalem) --- Third Temple (Jerusalem) --- Purity, Ritual - Biblical teaching.