Jerusalem And Empires: Long Term Observations
In this article I draw an outline for understanding the settlement oscillations in Jerusalem between the Late Bronze Age Amarna period and the First Jewish Revolt. I begin by posing a question regarding the »Jerusalem Anomaly«: located in a remote, marginal area with no natural resources, how was it...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck
2023
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maccabees 165 BC-37 BC
/ Amarna period
/ Monarchy
/ Assyria
/ Jerusalem
/ Judea
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology |
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| Summary: | In this article I draw an outline for understanding the settlement oscillations in Jerusalem between the Late Bronze Age Amarna period and the First Jewish Revolt. I begin by posing a question regarding the »Jerusalem Anomaly«: located in a remote, marginal area with no natural resources, how was it that Jerusalem twice grew to become the largest city in the southern Levant? I propose that Jerusalem could reach a state of high prosperity only as a vassal serving the interests of great empires (Assyria and Rome). It could also benefit from serving local Levantine powers (Damascus and Israel). In the era discussed here Jerusalem achieved a state of prosperity as a relatively independent center of power only once - in the few decades from the days of John Hyrcanus until the takeover of the region by Pompey the Great. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2023-0004 |