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(More customer reviews)In The Israelites: History, Archaeology, Social Structure, And Religion, B.S.J. Isserlin draws upon his years of experience and expertise in directed archaeological fieldwork in Jaffa and Mikhomret, Israel, Sicily, Greece, and Spain, as well as his years as president of the British Association for Jewish Studies, and head of the Department of Semitic Studies as the university of Leeds, England, to bring to the reader an impressive overview and survey of ancient Israelite culture. Beginning with a survey of the geography and resources of the land, the origins and affinities of the Israelites, their history and social structure, Professor Isserlin moves on to their material cultures (towns, villages, architecture, agricultures, industries, crafts, trade and economics, warfare); and concludes with an informative survey and commentary on their language, writing, texts, religion, and art. Wonderfully illustrated throughout, Professor Isserlin's The Israelites is an ideal introduction which is enhanced with an Epilogue, a selected bibliography, acknowledgments, sources of illustrations, and an index.
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Israelites, TheCovering the period of the thirteenth century b.c.e. to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c.e., Isserlin, a senior scholar, synthesizes the social, historical, geographical, and archaeological materials relevant to studying ancient Israel in its ancient Near Eastern context. Isserlin has an accessible style and brings the latest in biblical research to students and general readers. The stunning array of 85 photographs—plus maps, line drawings, and charts—make this a rich resource for scholars as well."The Israelites has many strengths. Chief among these is the breadth of its coverage. . . . Isserlin makes more use of archaeological data than any comparable work I know. . . . Isserlin's narrative flows along in an accessible, even popular style. . . . Yet the discussion seems to encompass almost effortlessly the latest and best scholarship. The extensive and updated bibliography will lead the serious reader to all the necessary documentation. If the average reader of BAR . . . wants to purchase a single reference work, it should probably be Isserlin's The Israelites."—William G. Dever, Biblical Archaeology ReviewContents:IntroductionPart One: The Stage and the Players--Geography: The Land and Its Resources--Origins and Affinities of the Israelites' History--Social Structure, Constitutional Ideas, and GovernmentPart Two: The Material Culture--Towns and Villages: Planning and Architecture --Agriculture--Industries and Crafts--Trade and the Economic System--WarfarePart Three: The World of the Spirit--Language, Writing, and Texts--Religion--Israelite Art
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