The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Isreal and the Origin of Sacred Texts (60 page)

Ai excavations,
82
–83

Egyptian evidence of,
78
–79

Gideonite saga of,
82

Hazor excavations,
80
–81

Jericho excavations,
81
–82
,
83

Joshua’s battle plan,
73
–76
,
93

Mediterranean world of
13
th c.
BCE
and,
83
–90

other excavations,
80
–81

Pan-Israelite identity and,
92
,
94
–96

7th c.
BCE
production of book of Joshua and,
92
–94

as synthesis of folk memories and legends,
90
–92

Tell Beit Mirsim excavation,
79
–80

Tell el-Amarna letters (Amarna tablets) and,
77
–78

textual inconsistencies in Bible regarding,
90
–91

Egypt and,
53
–54
,
60
–61
,
161
–62

Exodus and,
69

immigration to Egypt,
55

under Ramesses III,
341

Israelite origins from,
57
,
118

Joshua’s division of,
98
–99

population during Omride dynasty,
192

Caravans, Arabian,
41
,
267
–70
,
320

Carbon 14 dating,
141

Champollion, Jean-François,
16

Chariot forces, Megiddo “stables” and,
211
–12

Chedorlaomer,
42

Chephirah, town of,
82

Cherethites,
144

Chronicles, books of,
14
,
255

Chronology, biblical,
vi
,
16
–19

patriarchal narrative and,
34
–35

“Chronology” (Cogan),
vi

Cisterns, plastering of and water storage,
337

City-states, Canaanite.
See under
Canaan

Clines, David,
311

Cogan, Mordecai,
vi

Cohen, Rudolph,
349

Cross, Frank Moore,
302

Crowfoot, John,
183

Cushan-rishathaim,
99

Cyprus,
86

Cyrus the Great, king of Persia,
298
,
308

Daba, Tell ed-,
55

Dalley, Stephanie,
211

Dan, city of,
19
,
99
,
184
,
203
,
204
,
207

Assyrian occupation of,
216

Omride dynasty and,
184
,
203
,
204

Dan (son of Jacob),
150

Dan, Tel,
129

Darius, king of Persia,
300

Daviau, Michèle,
190

David, King,
11
,
125
–27
,
131
,
191
.
See also
Golden age of Israel

ascendance of,
150
–51
,
229
–30

book of Samuel on,
123

conquests of,
134
–35
,
340
–44

Jerusalem,
230

Philistine pottery evidence of,
340
–3
41

existence of,
128
–30

as hill country chieftain,
190
,
238

historical,
240

legacy of,
142
–45

Josiah and,
144
–45

7th c.
BCE
and,
143
–44

Davies, Philip,
128

Debir, city of,
79

Deborah,
99

Deborah, Song of,
98

Delilah,
100

Deuteronomistic History,
13
–14
,
121

abrupt ending to,
296
–97

book of Joshua as part of,
92
–93

date of composition of,
46
–47

epic of Judah created by,
283
–84

Josiah and,
275
,
276
,
284

on Judah-Israel relationship,
167
–68

on last Davidic kings,
292

on northern kingdom (Israel),
223
–25

redactions of (Dtr1 and Dtr2),
302
–5

YHWH-alone movement and,
248

Deuteronomy,
12
,
13
,
39
,
52

book of the Law and,
280

geopolitics of last decades of Judah and,
281
–83
,
285

on government functioning,
286

human rights and human dignity in,
285
–88

Pan-Israel identity and,
283

De Vaux, Roland,
34
,
36
,
322

Dever, William,
337

Dor, Assyrian province of,
215

Dor, Tel,
141
,
160

Dothan, Trude,
269

D text,
12

Duweir, Tell ed-,
80

Edom,
40
,
68
,
127
,
232
,
233
–34

Arabian trade and,
267
–68

settlement history of,
119

Yehud and,
312

Edomites (people),
312

Egeria (pilgrim),
327

Eglon,
99

Egypt,
87
.
See also
Exodus

archives and monuments as archaeological sources,
16
–19

Canaanite conquest and,
77
,
78
–79

Israelite origins,
102
–3

Assyrian collapse and,
290

Canaan and,
53
–54
,
60
–61

immigration of Canaanites,
55

invasion of Canaanite city-states (10th c.
BCE
),
161
–62

Ramesses III’s reign,
341

Joseph in,
54

Josiah and,
291
–92

Judah’s attitudes toward,
69
–70

in
7
th c.
BCE
,
65
–68
,
69
,
70

political renaissance,
281
–83

Ehud the Benjaminite,
99

Ein el-Qudeirat oasis,
42
,
63

Ein Haseva,
42

Ein Qadis oasis,
63

Ekron (Tel Miqne), city of,
89
,
269
,
340
–41

Elah, king of Israel,
170

Elijah (prophet),
172
–73
,
174
,
197

Elisha (prophet),
172
–73
,
174
,
175

El-Jib, village of,
82

Elohim,
12

Ephraim,
33
,
46
n,
98
,
150
,
222

Esarhaddon, king of Assyria,
265

Esau,
30
,
40

E text,
12
,
45

Ethnicity, Israelite origins and,
119
–20

Et-Tell site (north),
204
–5

Et-Tell site (south),
82
,
154
.
See also
Ai, city of

Exodus,
48
–71

Canaanite immigration into and expulsion from Egypt as inspiration for,
69

Exilic and post-exilic times and,
311

historical and archaeological evidence of,
52
–54
,
56
,
60
–61

conflict of dates and kings in,
56
–57

encampments during wandering,
61
–64

possibility of, in Ramesses II’s time,
58
–61

Hyksos and,
54
–56
,
58
,
69

Nile delta sites mentioned in,
58

7th c.
BCE
references in,
65
–68

Sinai sites mentioned in,
62

story of,
49
–52

Ezekiel,
298

Ezekiel, book of,
297

Ezion-geber, town of,
63
,
67
,
143
–44

Ezra, book of,
297

Ezra the scribe,
300
,
301
,
310

Figurines, Judahite (
7
th c.
BCE
),
353

Fisher, Clarence S.,
183

Five Books of Moses.
See
Pentateuch

Franklin, Norma,
189

Friedman, Richard,
12
,
310

Gad,
98

Galil, Gershon,
vi

Galilee,
199

battle of,
76

Gates, Solomonic,
135
–38
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
342

Gaza,
5
,
60
,
100

Gedaliah (governor),
297
,
307

Genesis,
46
–47

genealogical material in,
38
–43

post-exilic Yehud and,
312
–13

Gerar, city of,
37
–38

Gezer, city of,
29
,
137
,
215

gate at,
139

identified as Gaazru,
215

Omride dynasty and,
188
,
189

Gibeon,
75

Gibeonites,
75
,
93
n

saga of,
82

Gideon,
100

Gihon spring,
132
,
256
–57

Gilead,
215

Gitin, Seymour,
269

Glueck, Nelson,
190
,
320
–21

“Golden Age” of Israel,
123
–45

archaeological evidence for,
130
–45

dating issues,
141
–42

David’s conquests,
134
–35

development of specialization and social stratification,
130

Jerusalem,
132
–34
,
142

Judah’s settlement system,
131
–32

Solomon’s stables, cities, and gates,
135
–38
,
140
,
141

Davidic legacy,
142
–45

Josiah and,
144
–45

7th c.
BCE
and,
143
–44

existence of David and Solomon,
128
–30

historical basis of,
124

main sites of,
136

royal dynasty,
124
–27

Goliath,
125