The Horsemen of Israel
Horses and Chariotry in Monarchic Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19912762 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah O’Daniel Cantrell (corresponding author), Deborah O'Daniel Cantrell |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The horsemen of Israel (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Penn State University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9781575066479 |
| OpenAlex | W3196677906 |
| ISBN | 9781575066479 |
| Open Library | OL34840251M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Almost every book in the Hebrew Bible mentions horses and chariots in some manner, usually in a military context. However, the importance of horses, chariots, and equestrians in ancient Israel is typically mentioned only in passing, if at all, by historians, hippologists, and biblical scholars. When it is mentioned, the topic engenders a great deal of confusion.Notwithstanding the substantial textual and archaeological evidence of the horse's historic presence, recent scholars seem to be led by a general belief that there were very few horses in Iron Age Israel and that Israel's chariotry was insignificant. The reason for this current sentiment is tied primarily to the academic controversy of the past 50 years over whether the 17 tripartite-pillared buildings excavated at Megiddo in the early 20th century were, in fact, stables
Ancient history · Geography · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Ancient Military history · Antiquities · Bible · Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t · Chariots · Criticism, interpretation · Horses · Iron age · Israel · Military art and science · Military history · Prehistoric Warfare · to 500 · Vehicles
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |