Dia: 18 de setembro de 2012

A lista de discussão Biblical Studies vai promover, de 2 a 10 de dezembro de 2012, um debate com Avraham Faust, Professor de Arqueologia na Universidade Bar-Ilan, Israel, a propósito de seu livro

Judah in the Neo-Babylonian Period: The Archaeology of Desolation. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012, 318 p. – ISBN 9781589836402.

Neste livro o autor argumenta – contrariando tendências recentes que dizem ser a terra vazia durante o exílio babilônico de Judá um mito – que tanto o espaço urbano quanto o rural ficaram desertos e desolados neste período, levando séculos para se recuperar…

The Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. was a watershed event in the history of Judah, the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the exilic period, during which many of the biblical texts were probably written. The conquest left clear archaeological marks on many sites in Judah, including Jerusalem, and the Bible records it as a traumatic event for the population. Less clear is the situation in Judah following the conquest, that is, in the sixth century, a period with archaeological remains the nature and significance of which are disputed. The traditional view is that the land was decimated and the population devastated. In the last two decades, archaeologists arguing that the land was not empty and that the exile had little impact on Judah’s rural sector have challenged this view. This volume examines the archaeological reality of Judah in the sixth century in order to shed new light on the debate. By expanding research into new avenues and examining new data, as well as by applying new methods to older data, the author arrives at fresh insights that support the traditional view of sixth-century Judah as a land whose population, both urban and rural, was devastated and whose recovery took centuries.

Avraham Faust is Professor of Archaeology at the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He has published extensively on the archaeology and history of the Southern Levant with special emphasis on Iron Age Israelite society.

A lista de discussão Biblical Studies vai promover de 1 a 10 de novembro próximo um colóquio online com Jodi Magness, professora de Judaísmo Antigo na Universidade da Carolina do Norte, Chapel Hill, a propósito de seu livro

The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, 350 p. – ISBN 9780521124133.

Quem é Jodi Magness?

Diz Jim West:
I’m happy to announce that Jodi Magness has agreed to join us on the Biblical Studies List for a colloquium (discussion) on her just published volume, The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest. Our discussion will take place November 1-10 and if you would like to take part, get the book, and read it. Then, when the time comes, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with Prof. Magness and other leading scholars on the contents. 

Os Moderadores da lista Biblical Studies são: Niels Peter Lemche (University of Copenhagen), Stephanie Louise Fisher (University of Nottingham), Emanuel Pfoh (National University of La Plata), Chris Tilling (St Mellitus College and St Paul’s Theological Centre), and Jim West (Quartz Hill School of Theology).