MIDEAST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: History Of Ancient Israel And Judah, Idolatry, Via Maris
24 Dec 2018
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Judaea/house of david/southern kingdom (god of israel) Monarchies e of jordan (god): all semitic except edom = arabic. Aram (pantheon of gods): remnants of canaanites . Phoenicia: canaanite sea people confederation of city-states w/ kings. Philistia: wealth & stability derived from commerce at sea, decentralized power : no city-states, kings, or military power. Nat"listic religion specific god responsible for kingdom political mechanism. Phoenicians script = alphabet written semitic languages in region: hebrew, aramaic, Timna: s of dead sea, temple of hathor (egyptian goddess) Reasons for why n & s kingdoms split (?) or never joined together (?) Tribal tensions: rehoboam (s) vs. jeroboam (n) Bible biased toward s kingdom b/c written by scribes in judaea. Instability : constant in power : different rulers from different tribes. 2 religious centers on borders: dan (n) & S central hills, far from main highways crossing mideast. Stelle of mesha: found in jordan, only surviving moabite text, moabites subjugated by n.
