Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Religion

• Other Authors: Faust, Avraham (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Archaeology; Philistines; Iron Age; Aegean-style; temples; shrines; household; figurines; Israelite religion; ancient Israel; cultic buildings; sanctuaries; biblical archaeology; egalitarian ethos; religion; women; Israel; Judah; domestic religion; family religion; rituals; worship; Jerusalem Temple; feminist studies; archaeology; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; Yahweh; Asherah; Tell el-Far'ah North; shrine model; moon; rain; womb; mercy; household religion; cult sites; Transjordan; Deir Alla; Pella; Damiyah; Ataruz; Mudayna Thamad; WT-200; Busayrah; Ammon; sons of Ammon; Ammonite; gods; Milkom; iconography; Jordan; Solomon's Temple; Khirbet Qeiyafa; Motza; Kuntillet ʿAjrud; theomachy; theophany; blessings; Hebrew inscriptions; scribal curriculum; zooarchaeology; sacrifice; offering; Yahwistic worship; sacred feasting; faunal remains; animal bones; cult; ritual; Tel Dan; Late Bronze Age; Canaan; Egypt; Israelite festivals; Sabbath; calendars; pilgrimage festivals; full-moon celebrations; harvest celebrations; firstborn rituals; first produce rituals; folk religion; Bible; Near Eastern archaeology; archaeology and religion
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Israelite religions have always fascinated scholars. Initial studies used the Bible as their main source of information and attempted to read it critically in order to learn about the religion of ancient Israel. With the advent of modern research in the Near East, more and more information on other...