Oded Lipschits Pořadí knih

Focusing on the historical and archaeological aspects of Judah, this collection of essays spans over twenty years of research. It delves into the "Age of Empires," a 600-year period when Judah was influenced by various dominant empires, including Assyrian, Egyptian, and Babylonian. The work examines the evolution of administration, rural economy, settlement patterns, and the significance of Jerusalem as a temple-centered community. This era is portrayed as pivotal in shaping Judean history and historiography.

The period of the demise of the kingdom of Judah at the end of the 6th century B.C.E., the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, the exile of the elite to Babylon, and the reshaping of the territory of the new province of Judah, culminating at the end of the century with the first return of exiles--all have been subjects of intense scrutiny during the last decade. Lipschits takes into account the biblical textual evidence, the results of archaeological research, and the reports of Babylonian and Egyptian sources and provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the evidence for the history of this 100-year-long era. He provides a lucid historical survey that will, no doubt, become the baseline for all future studies of this era. For a transcript of the SBL session in 2005 about this book, click here (460 kb PDF).