GRABBE, L. L. The Dawn of Israel: History of the Land of Canaan in the Second Millennium BCE. London: T&T Clark, 2022, 320 p. – ISBN 9780567663214.
Neste volume que acompanha seu best-seller Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Lester L. Grabbe discute a situação histórica dos principais povos e
impérios do Antigo Oriente Médio no segundo milênio a.C.: Babilônia, Assíria, Urartu, hititas, amorreus, egípcios.
Grabbe olha especialmente para a Palestina/Canaã na segunda metade do segundo milênio: final da Idade do Bronze e início da Idade do Ferro, o Novo Reino Egípcio, as cartas de Tell el-Amarna, os Povos do Mar, a questão do ‘êxodo’, os primeiros assentamentos na região montanhosa da Palestina e a primeira menção de Israel na estela de Merneptah.
O autor faz uso de recursos provenientes da arqueologia, das ciências sociais, das inscrições e do material iconográfico da região.
Quem é Lester L. Grabbe?
In this companion volume to his bestselling Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Lester L. Grabbe provides the background history of the main ancient Near Eastern peoples and empires: Babylonia, Assyria, Urartu, Hittites, Amorites, Egyptians.
Grabbe’s focus is on Palestine/Canaan and covers the early second millennium, including the Middle Bronze Age and the Second Intermediate Period and Hyksos rule of Egypt. Grabbe also addresses the question of a ‘patriarchal period’.
The main focus of the book is on the second half of the second millennium: Late Bronze and early Iron Age, the Egyptian New Kingdom, the Amarna letters, the Sea Peoples, the question of ‘the exodus’, the early settlements in the hill country of Palestine, and the first mention of Israel in the Merenptah inscription. Archaeology and the contribution of the social sciences both feature heavily, as does inscriptional and iconographic material. As such this volume provides a fascinating portrayal of ancient Israel and this definitive work by one of the world’s leading biblical historians will be of interest to all students and scholars of biblical history.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Third Millennium Context
Part II: Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1600 BCE)
Chapter 3: Ancient Near Eastern Context
Chapter 4: Syria and Palestine
Part III: Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BCE)
Chapter 5: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria
Chapter 6: Palestine/Canaan
Part IV: Early Iron Age (c. 1200-900 BCE)
Chapter 7: Ancient Near Eastern Context, Including Syria and Transjordan (1200-900 BCE)
Chapter 8: Palestine (1200-900 BCE)
Part V: Conclusions
Chapter 9: The Origins of Israel – A Holistic Approach
Bibliography
Index