STUDIES IN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND BIBLICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY

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Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

PART ONE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

Zebulun and the Sea

The Chronicler's Description of the Common Border of Ephraim and Manasseh

Die Grenzen des Landes Israel

The Boundaries of Aram-Damascus in the 9th-8th Centuries BCE *

"From India to Ethiopia" and from "Hellespont to India" (The Imperial Outlook)

Tarshish-Tarsisi: Problème de topographie historique biblique et assyrienne

The Gentile Cities of Judea: Between the Hasmonean Occupation and the Roman Liberation

The Settlements of the Israelite and Judean Exiles in Mesopotamia in the 8th-6th Centuries BCE

John the Baptist, the Wilderness and the Samaritan Mission

PART TWO BIBLICAL HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

Bochim, Bethel, and the Hidden Polemic (Judg 2,1- 5)

Joshua and 1 Chronicles

Objective of Baasha's War against Asa

David's Warfare Against the Philistines in the Vicinity of Jerusalem (2 SAM 5,17-25; 1 CHRON 14,8-16)

Recovering "the Women Who Served at the Entrance"*

Mesha's Attempt to Invade Judah (2 Chron 20)

The Historical Background and Significance of Isa 1,10-17

PART THREE TEXTS AND TEXTUAL STUDIES

The Narrative of the Revelation at Sinai (Ex 19-24)

From Exodus to Exile: 2 Kgs 17,7-20 in the Context of its Co-text

Arguments for the Identification of the LÚUrbi in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions

The Restoration of a Dozen Elephantine Aramaic Fragments from the Beginning of Contracts

Pelekh in Nehemiah 3

Reflection of the Transition to Agriculture in Israelite Religion and Cult*

Bibliography of the Works of Zecharia Kallai

Index of Authors

Index of Old Testament References