In this volume Emanuel Pfoh and Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò present a survey of critical approaches to biblical scholarship and the archaeology of Israel/Palestine. Divided into three main thematic parts of archaeology, history and biblical studies, and politics, ideology and other historiographical issues, these topics relate to issues of identity and heritage in the modern Southern Levant. From community archaeology and antiquities laws in the Levant, to Persian kings, the history of the Samaritans, the changing landscape of Israeli archaeology and the politics of academia, these essays are key to understanding many aspects of the current situation in Israel and Palestine, both in relation to ancient history, heritage and identity and to modern reception.
Emanuel Pfoh is Researcher at the National Research Council, CONICET, Argentina and University Researcher within Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the Centre of Excellence, University of Helsinki, Finland.Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò is Dean of University of Warsaw, Poland.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of Figures, Tables and MapsIntroduction: An Israeli European Archaeologist Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò and Emanuel PfohPART 1. Archaeology and Material Culture1. ‘Peacemakers’ in the Bronze Age Southern Levant Raphael Greenberg2. ‘Mother of all living’ (Genesis 3:20). A Pedestal Vase with Plastic Decoration from a Late Middle Bronze Age Temple West of Jerusalem (al-Walajah) Irit Ziffer and Daniel Ein-Mor3. A Historical Embargo and the Localization of the Sealed-Off karu of Egypt Wolfgang Zwickel4. Syrians in Jordan? The ‘Moabite’ Cooking pot in Context Margreet L. Steiner5. The Endless Sleep in the Desert: Death and Burial in Bedouin Society Eveline J. van der Steen6. What Is Prehistory and Its Role in Archaeological Research of the Southern Levant Ianir MilevskiPART 2. History and Biblical Studies7. What ‘Northern Kingdom’? Ingrid Hjelm8. Patronage, Forced Labour, and Social Distinction in the Persian Levant Jason M. Silverman9. Biblical Job and Greek Niobe: The Influence of Greek Myth on the Biblical Narrative, or Cross-cultural Considerations Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò10. When God(s) Use Different Weights: Impartiality’s Dilemma in James 2 and Today Philippe GuillaumePART 3. Ideologies, Heritage and Politics11. Considerations on Ideology and the Historiography of Ancient Israel Emanuel Pfoh12. Rooted in the Past: Relict Palestinian Fruit Orchards in Israel Liora Kolska Horwitz13. Israeli Archaeological Surveys in the West Bank in the 1980s Gideon Sulimani14. Between the Tunnels and the Plaza: The Lost Heritage of the Western Wall Tawfiq Da‘adli15. Archaeology at Herodium (Jabal al-Fureidis) in the Service of the Israeli Settlements East of Bethlehem Yonatan MizrachiIndex of AuthorsIndex of Sources