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Redating the Exodus and Conquest / John J. Bimson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, ; 5Publication details: Sheffield : Dept. of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, 1978.Description: 351 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0905774108 :
  • 0905774035 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.095
LOC classification:
  • BS1245.2 .B55
Contents:
Introduction : 1. The question of historicity ; 2. The importance of the question of date ; 3. A brief history of the popular theories ; 4. A critique of some two-phase theories ; 5. Handling the traditions ; 6. The approach to be taken. I.A critical examination of the thirteenth century dating of the Exodus : 1. The two main pillars of the thirteenth century date : Pithom and Raamses: the argument from Exodus 1:11 : Ramses ; Pithom. Archaeological evidence for a conquest towards the end of the thirteenth century BC : The anomaly of Jericho and other cities ; Alternative explanations for the 13th century destructions ; The subjective identification of "Israelite" culture ; Conclusion -- 2. Other arguments used to support the thirteenth century date : The archaeology of Transjordan ; The military campaigns of Seti I and Rameses II -- 3. The implication of the Old Testament's chronological material : The statement contained in 1 Kings 6:1 ; Material in the book of Judges : The result of totaling the periods ; The material in the book of Judges and the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1 ; The extent to which the Judges period may be compressed ; The chronology from Jephthah to David's accession ; The chronology of the earlier part of the Judges period. II. Palestinian archaeology and the early date for the Exodus : 4. Jericho : Introduction ; The problem of Jericho : Kenyon's revisions of the views of Garstang ; Kenyon's conclusions and the Exodus ; A search for an explanation. The proposed solution : An alternative view: Joshua and the end of MBA Jericho ; Jericho and the expulsion of the Hyksos ; The argument from pottery ; A new working hypothesis -- 5. An excursus on Bichrome ware and ceramic chronology : The dating of MB II B-C ; Bichrome ware and the MBA destructions ; Megiddo ; The Hurrian migration and the appearance of bichrome ware ; The problem of circular arguments ; Previous redatings of the appearance of bichrome ware ; The length of LB I and the use of bichrome ware ; The surrounding regions: Egypt ; Cyprus ; Syria ; Tell el-Ajjul ; Conclusion: the problem of methodology -- 6. Hazor : Excavations at Hazor: Garstang and Yadin ; A short survey of MBA and LBA Hazor ; Wood and Waltke on Hazor ; A 15th century date for the end of MBA Hazor ; The problem of Judges 4-5 -- 7. Other conquest traditions and the end of the middle bronze age : More problems: cities for a thirteenth century conquest : Hebron ; Hormah ; Arad ; Gibeon ; Dan. Other cities destroyed at the end of the middle bronze age ; The problem: city of Ai ; The problem of Shechem -- 8. Summary and conclusion.
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 1245.2 .B55 1978 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA001960 Available AUA001960

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 285-318.

Introduction : 1. The question of historicity ; 2. The importance of the question of date ; 3. A brief history of the popular theories ; 4. A critique of some two-phase theories ; 5. Handling the traditions ; 6. The approach to be taken. I.A critical examination of the thirteenth century dating of the Exodus : 1. The two main pillars of the thirteenth century date : Pithom and Raamses: the argument from Exodus 1:11 : Ramses ; Pithom. Archaeological evidence for a conquest towards the end of the thirteenth century BC : The anomaly of Jericho and other cities ; Alternative explanations for the 13th century destructions ; The subjective identification of "Israelite" culture ; Conclusion --
2. Other arguments used to support the thirteenth century date : The archaeology of Transjordan ; The military campaigns of Seti I and Rameses II --
3. The implication of the Old Testament's chronological material : The statement contained in 1 Kings 6:1 ; Material in the book of Judges : The result of totaling the periods ; The material in the book of Judges and the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1 ; The extent to which the Judges period may be compressed ; The chronology from Jephthah to David's accession ; The chronology of the earlier part of the Judges period. II. Palestinian archaeology and the early date for the Exodus : 4. Jericho : Introduction ; The problem of Jericho : Kenyon's revisions of the views of Garstang ; Kenyon's conclusions and the Exodus ; A search for an explanation. The proposed solution : An alternative view: Joshua and the end of MBA Jericho ; Jericho and the expulsion of the Hyksos ; The argument from pottery ; A new working hypothesis --
5. An excursus on Bichrome ware and ceramic chronology : The dating of MB II B-C ; Bichrome ware and the MBA destructions ; Megiddo ; The Hurrian migration and the appearance of bichrome ware ; The problem of circular arguments ; Previous redatings of the appearance of bichrome ware ; The length of LB I and the use of bichrome ware ; The surrounding regions: Egypt ; Cyprus ; Syria ; Tell el-Ajjul ; Conclusion: the problem of methodology --
6. Hazor : Excavations at Hazor: Garstang and Yadin ; A short survey of MBA and LBA Hazor ; Wood and Waltke on Hazor ; A 15th century date for the end of MBA Hazor ; The problem of Judges 4-5 --
7. Other conquest traditions and the end of the middle bronze age : More problems: cities for a thirteenth century conquest : Hebron ; Hormah ; Arad ; Gibeon ; Dan. Other cities destroyed at the end of the middle bronze age ; The problem: city of Ai ; The problem of Shechem --
8. Summary and conclusion.