What question did this study set out to answer?

To provide a comprehensive survey of Judah's history during the first millennium BCE across various significant periods.

June 19, 2026

JUDAH IN THE BIBLICAL PERIOD: HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL STUDIES. By OdedLipschits. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 497. De Gruyter, 2024. Pp. xx + 759. 155. 99.

Key Points

To provide a comprehensive survey of Judah's history during the first millennium BCE across various significant periods.
Collection of thirty-six essays, some newly translated into English
Focus on Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods
Utilization of archaeological data alongside historical analysis.
Essays highlight key events and archaeological findings in Judah over 600 years
Focus areas include the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods as well as Jerusalem's archaeology and biblical studies
Comprehensive methodologies reveal historical patterns and cultural insights.

Abstract

This hefty volume is a collection of thirty-six previously published essays—some translated into English for the first time—by a preeminent Israeli historian and archaeologist. The essays provide a rather comprehensive survey of the history of Judah across about 600 years in the first millennium BCE. Five papers deal with the Assyrian period; seven papers relate to Babylonian rule; six papers deal with the Persian period; three papers focus on Jerusalem's history and archaeology; four papers deal with the region of Benjamin; and eleven papers concern biblical studies. As the book's subtitle suggests, the essays are historical in method and rely on immense archaeological data.

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