REL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Collective Memory, Habiru, Rehoboam
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The emergence of israel: the pre-monarchic period (1200-1000 bce: the tribal people known as israel emerged in the area known as. Letters: letters sent from two kingdoms egypt and another: make linguistic case between hapiru and. Hapiru: rough outlaw group, some texts see them as mercenaries, not spoken of highly: biblical memory, the exodus and its egyptian elements. Hebrew bible has very little egyptian influence: collective memory places israel in the palestinian hill country highlands. Israel"s tribes: according to ancient israelite narratives preserved in the hebrew. Bible, ancient israel was a nation made up of twelve tribes that claimed a common ancestry and history: reuben, simeon, levi, Judah, issachar, zebulun, benjamin, dan, naphtali, gad, asher, and. 1005-964 bce: on basis of successfully fighting enemies of israel and setting up jerusalem as the central city and setting up a palace there, solomon, david"s son and temple builder, reigns ca.