While «divine election» is a well-known concept among biblical scholars, the subject has mainly been explored in its relation to the emergence of the monarchy in Israel or within studies pertaining to the Deuteronomistic Historiography. Researchers have concentrated chiefly on t…
"5" Result
Sort By:
This dissertation describes the way in which ancient Near Eastern kingdoms practiced the art of warfare from the middle of the second millennium B.C. to the end of the united Israelite monarchy. It does so by studying the records of nations located within the Fertile Crescent an…
This work traces changes in the form of marriage gifts, and thus of marriage, in the region of ancient Palestine over the course of a millennium. The evidence for preexilic Israel strongly implies that bridewealth—what many biblical scholars call "brideprice"—was not only the mo…
The origin, development and significance of apocalyptic thought has long been a controversial topic in the critical study of biblical history and theology. Since the Enlightenment, the efforts of historians and theologians to take the measure of the value and meaning of apocalyp…
Jehu's coup signaled the end of the Omride era and the beginning of a hundred year period of dynastic stability in the North. Jehu's coup also had repercussions in Judah. As part of Jehu's bloody ascent to the throne, he killed Ahaziah, King of Judah. At the death of her son, At…