Judah in the neo-Babylonian period :

Faust, Avi.

Judah in the neo-Babylonian period : the archaeology of desolation / by Avraham Faust. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012. - xiv, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 18. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-290) and indexes.

The end of the Iron Age in Judah: primary archeological data -- Judah in the sixth to second century B.C.E.: a rural perspective -- Greek imports and the neo-Babylonian period -- Social and cultural changes in Judah: the iron age to the Persian period -- Settlement and demography in Judah: the seventh to second centuries B.C.E -- The Babylonian destruction in context: Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib compared -- Sixth-century Judah as a post-collapse society -- Consequences of destruction: the continuity theory revisited -- The land of Benjamin revisited -- Life in Judah in the sixth century B.C.E -- Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.: summary and conclusions.

9781589836402 (paper binding : alk. paper) 1589836405 (paper binding : alk. paper) 9781589836419 (electronic format) 1589836413 (electronic format)

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Jews--History--Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine.
Jews--Material culture--Palestine.
Material culture--Palestine.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Iron age--Palestine.


Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.
Palestine--Antiquities.

DS121.65 / .F38 2012