KOCH, I.; LIPSCHITS, O.; SERGI, O. (eds.) From Nomadism to Monarchy?: Revisiting the Early Iron Age Southern Levant. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2023, 340 p. – ISBN 9781646022618.
A exploração arqueológica na região montanhosa do Levante Meridional, conduzida durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980, transformou dramaticamente a compreensão
acadêmica do início da Idade do Ferro e levou à publicação de From Nomadism to Monarchy: Archaeological and Historical Aspects of Early Israel, por Israel Finkelstein e Nadav Na’aman. Este volume explora e reavalia o legado desse texto fundamental.
Utilizando quadros teóricos atuais e tendo em conta novos dados de escavação e metodologias das ciências naturais, os 17 ensaios deste volume examinam a arqueologia do Levante Meridional durante o início da Idade do Ferro e as formas como o período pode ser refletido nos relatos bíblicos. A variedade de metodologias empregadas e as narrativas históricas apresentadas nestas contribuições iluminam a natureza multifacetada da pesquisa contemporânea sobre este período formativo.
Com base no estudo seminal de Finkelstein e Na’aman, este trabalho fornece uma atualização essencial. Será bem recebido por historiadores antigos, estudiosos do antigo Israel e do início da Idade do Ferro do Sul do Levante, e estudiosos da Bíblia.
Além dos editores, os colaboradores deste volume são Eran Arie, Erez Ben-Yosef, Cynthia Edenburg, Israel Finkelstein, Yuval Gadot, Assaf Kleiman, Gunnar Lehmann, Defna Langgut, Aren M. Maeir, Nadav Na’aman, Thomas Römer , Lidar Sapir-Hen, Katja Soennecken, Dieter Vieweger, Ido Wachtel e Naama Yahalom-Mack.
Archaeological exploration in the Central Highlands of the Southern Levant conducted during the 1970s and 1980s dramatically transformed the scholarly understanding of the early Iron Age and led to the publication of From Nomadism to Monarchy: Archaeological and Historical Aspects of Early Israel, by Israel Finkelstein and Nadav Na’aman. This volume explores and reassesses the legacy of that foundational text.
Using current theoretical frameworks and taking into account new excavation data and methodologies from the natural sciences, the seventeen essays in this volume examine the archaeology of the Southern Levant during the early Iron Age and the ways in which the period may be reflected in biblical accounts. The variety of methodologies employed and the historical narratives presented within these contributions illuminate the multifaceted nature of contemporary research on this formative period.
Building upon Finkelstein and Na’aman’s seminal study, this work provides an essential update. It will be welcomed by ancient historians, scholars of early Israel and the early Iron Age Southern Levant, and biblical scholars. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume are Eran Arie, Erez Ben-Yosef, Cynthia Edenburg, Israel Finkelstein, Yuval Gadot, Assaf Kleiman, Gunnar Lehmann, Defna Langgut, Aren M. Maeir, Nadav Na’aman, Thomas Römer, Lidar Sapir-Hen, Katja Soennecken, Dieter Vieweger, Ido Wachtel, and Naama Yahalom-Mack.
Ido Koch is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Colonial Encounters in Southwest Canaan During the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age.
Oded Lipschits is Professor of Jewish History in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies at Tel Aviv University. He was named Laureate of the EMET Prize in the field of Archaeology in 2022.
Omer Sergi is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies at Tel Aviv University. He is coeditor of Saul, Benjamin, and the Emergence of Monarchy in Israel: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives.