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The Hebrew Bible portrays the origins of the "sons of Ammon" or "Ammonites" in the hoary past, the product of incestuous relations between Abraham's nephew Lot and his younger daughter (Genesis 19). The biblical book of Judges, traditionally thought to represent events of the tw…

This dissertation studies the religions of the Iron Age II Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites by means of biblical evidence, extrabiblical evidence, and archaeological evidence. Based on the evidence, the study makes comparisons and contrasts among the three states, and compares …