Craig W. Tyson

The Ammonites

Elites, Empires, and Sociopolitical Change (1000-500 BCE)

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This book investigates the archaeological, epigraphic, and biblical evidence for the course of Ammon's history, setting it squarely within the context of ancient Near Eastern imperialism. Drawing on cross-cultural parallels from the archaeology of empires, Tyson elucidates the dynamic processes by which the local Ammonite elite made the cousins of biblical Israel visible to history. Tyson explains changes in the region of Ammon during the Iron Age II, namely the increasing numbers of locally produced elite items as well as imports, growth in the use of writing for administrative and display purposes, and larger numbers of sedentary settlement… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-567-65544-8
EAN: 9780567655448
Produktnummer: 17003367
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'993 KB

Über den Autor

Craig W. Tyson, Ph.D. (University of Michigan) is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY. His publications and research interests focus on the social history of the Levant and literary readings of the Hebrew Bible.