ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Deuteronomist, Sedentism, Tel Hazor
14 Aug 2020
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Evidence for destruction of towns in canaan, including hazor, but others, like jericho, lack it. Lba site destructions are not part of a single campaign, but spread over centuries (ca. 1300-1100 bc: there was no conquest under the leadership of a single figure. Joshua is opening of deuteronomistic history, written late 7th century, bridging. Patriarchal narratives and exodus with later monarchical history: deuteronomistic history = joshua, judges, 1-2 samuel, 1-2 kings, the importance of joshua is its claim to canaan (i. e. , the land ); it is a narrative of conquest and inheritance. The book of judges: oppression, resistance, and warlords. [after joshua"s death] the israelites did what was evil in the sight of yahweh and worshipped the baal they abandoned yahweh. Then yahweh raised up judges, who delivered them out of the power of those who plundered them judges 2. Social and political realities of the early iron age: life after the collapse of empire, 1100-950.
