TY - BOOK AU - Faust,Avi TI - Judah in the neo-Babylonian period: the archaeology of desolation T2 - Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and biblical studies SN - 9781589836402 (paper binding : alk. paper) AV - DS121.65 .F38 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Atlanta PB - Society of Biblical Literature KW - Jews KW - History KW - Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Palestine KW - Material culture KW - Judaism KW - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D KW - Iron age KW - To 70 A.D KW - Antiquities N1 - 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 ER -