The Final Destruction of Beth Shemesh and Thepax Assyriacain the Judahite Shephelah
An Alternative View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2709928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Fantalkin (0000-0001-5996-6465, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-261 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Tel Aviv (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0334-4355 • E-ISSN: 2040-4786 |
| Publisher | Maney Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/tav.2004.2004.2.245 |
| OpenAlex | W2036985930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 29 |
Recently, Bunimovitz and Lederman suggested that the final destruction of Beth Shemesh illuminates Assyrian policies in the Judahite Shephelah. According to their reconstruction of new data unearthed at Beth Shemesh, the Judahite Shephelah was devastated and depopulated during the pax Assyriaca. This study questions Bunimovitz and Lederman's reconstruction from both the archaeological and historical perspectives. It is suggested that the renewal of the Shephelah, which might have already began in the days of Manasseh, shows signs of cooperation between Judah and Ekron under both the pax Assyriaca and the pax Aegyptiaca, rather than the other way round. This fruitful cooperation was halted as a result of Babylonian destructions, as reflected inter alia in the renewed excavations of Beth Shemesh
Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History
The Judahite Shephelah in the Late 8th and Early 7th Centuries BCE
The House of the Father As Fact and Symbol
The Archaeology Of Household Activities
Time, Process and Structured Transformation in Archaeology
Trade and Politics
The Stratification of Judahite Sites in the 8th and 7th Centuries B. C. E
Timnah (Tel Batash) II
A Late Iron Age Fortress North of Jerusalem
Ekron under the Assyrian and Egyptian Empires
Two Rosette Stamp Impressions from Tell en-Nasbeh
Pots and Polities
Cross-cultural Contacts among Mercenary Communities in Saite and Persian Egypt
The Kingdom of Judah Under Josiah
Beersheba – A Gateway Community in Southern Arabian Long-Distance Trade in the Eighth Century B.C.E
Arad
Population Changes in Palestine Following Assyrian Deportations
Mezad Hashavyahu
An Assyrian Residence at Ramat Rahel
The Final Destruction of Beth Shemesh and the Pax Assyriaca in the Judean Shephelah
Chronology Rejoinders
Stability and cyclicity in social systems
Incorporation in the World-System
Iron Age Shipwrecks in Deep Water off Ashkelon, Israel
Neo-Assyrian Geography
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |