One God – One Cult – One Nation

Author： Kratz Reinhard G.

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9783110223583

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110223576

Subject： B971.1 Old Testament

Keyword：宗教,文物考古

Language： ENG

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Description

Recent archaeological and biblical research challenges the traditional view of the history of ancient Israel. This book presents the latest findings of both academic disciplines regarding the United Monarchy of David and Solomon (?One Nation’) and the cult reform under Josiah (?One Cult’), raising the issue of fact versus fiction. The political and cultural interrelations in the Near East are illustrated on the example of the ancient city of Beth She'an/Scythopolis and are discussed as to their significance for the transformation in the conception of God (?One God’).

The volume contains 17 contributions by internationally eminent scholars from Israel, Finland and Germany.

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Table of contents

I. The Great Monarchy: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives on David and Solomon

A Great United Monarchy? Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

Archaeology and the Biblical Narrative: The Case of the United Monarchy

Solomon and the United Monarchy: Some Textual Evidence

Elders or Youngsters? Critical Remarks on 1 Kings 12

'What Share Do We Have in David...?' – Ben Sira's Perspectives on 1 Kings 12

II. The Cult Centralization in Its Near Eastern Context: Perspectives on Hezekiah and Josiah

The Idea of Cultic Centralization and Its Supposed Ancient Near Eastern Analogies

Cult Centralization in the Ancient Near East? Conceptions of the Ideal Capital in the Ancient Near East

Perspectives on Southern Israel's Cult Centralization: Arad and Beer-scheba

Why the Cult Reforms in Judah Probably Did not Happen

III. The Ancient City: Perspectives on the Political and Cultural Interrelations at Beth Shean

Tel Beth-Shean: History and Archaeology

Nysa-Scythopolis: Ethnicity and Religion

Beth Shean/Scythopolis in Late Antiquity: Cult and Culture, Continuity and Change

IV. The One and The Only: Perspectives on the Development of a Divine Concept

God and His People: The Concept of Kingship and Cult in the Ancient Near East

YHWH in the Northern and Southern Kingdom

From Many Gods to the One God: The Archaeological Evidence

Monotheism and Angelology in Daniel

Justice, the King and the Gods: Polytheism and Emerging Monotheism in the Ancient World

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