The Land of Canaan in the Late Bronze Age by Grabbe, Lester L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors Part 1 Introduction and Background Introduction

Summary of chapters

Chapter 1 Late Bronze Age Palestine: If we had only the Bible …

Sources Analysis The origins of Israel Synthesis Conclusions

Part 2 Chapters Chapter 2 Canaan in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age from an Egyptian Perspective

From the Hyksos to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) The Amarna period City state against city state The nineteenth into the twentieth dynasty Conclusions

Chapter 4 Poor by Necessity or by Choice? Ancient Israelite Egalitarianism

Antonin Causse Norman Gottwald and the social-scientists Avraham Faust and ethnogenesis Egalitarianism after Faust Conclusion

Land ownership ‘Port power’ The emergence of Israel Egalitarianism, ideology and archaeology

Chapter 6 The Impact of the Late Bronze III Period on the Origins of Israel*

What origins are for First, second and nth Israel The formation of the first Israel in the LB IIB Period David Ussishkin and the discovery of the LB III Period The beginning of settlement in the highlands of Canaan The formation of the tribes of the future second Israel From first to second Israel

Chapter 7 The Amarna Letters and Palestinian Politics

On the historical importance of the collection Playing with Pharaoh or being played with by Pharaoh? Conclusion: The Amarna power game as the ‘normal situation’ Appendix

Chapter 8 International Diplomacy in the Amarna Age

Historical context of Amarna correspondence The Amarna correspondence Conclusion

Chapter 9 The Archaeology of the Late Bronze Age in Palestine

Introduction: Beginning of the Late Bronze Age Palestine in the course of the Late Bronze Age Trade routes Material culture Late Bronze II and the 19th Dynasty End of the Late Bronze Age Summary and conclusions

Part 3 Conclusion Chapter 10 Reflections on the Discussion

Sources The Amarna Period The Exodus The first identity of Israel in Egyptian sources Settlement of Israel The question of egalitarianism in early Israel Final remarks

Bibliography Author Index Citation Index