Joachim J. Krause

Omer Sergi

Kristin Weingart

"A reconstruction of the emergence of the Israelite monarchies involves interpreting historical research, approaching questions of ancient state formation, synthesizing archaeological research from sites in the central Canaanite hill country, and reexamining the biblical traditions of the early monarchy embedded in the books of Samuel and Kings. This collection of essays blends textual exegesis with archaeological perspectives on Saul and Benjamin in order to reconstruct the rise of early monarchy in Israel and the way it was commemorated in the biblical narrative"--

Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives

Saul, Benjamin, and the Emergence of Monarchy in Israel

English summary: What is Israel? There is hardly a more matter-of-fact term in the Old Testament, yet academic debate provides many different answers to this question. Kristin Weingart analyzes the use of the name 'Israel' in the Old Testament as well as its underlying conceptions of Israel. She shows that it was the social construction of an ancestral based community which formed the foundation for a common Israelite identity during both the pre- and post-exilic period, and which also forms the basis for the various uses of the term 'Israel'. German description: Was ist Israel? Kaum etwas scheint im Alten Testament selbstverstandlicher und doch fallen die Antworten in der Forschungsdiskussion ganz unterschiedlich aus. Die Ursachen dafur liegen zum einen in den verschiedenen Verwendungsmoglichkeiten des Namens innerhalb der alttestamentlichen Texte, zum anderen in unterschiedlichen Hypothesen zur Basis eines israelitischen Gemeinbewusstseins. Grundet es im gemeinsamen JHWH-Glauben, in politisch-territorialen Gegebenheiten oder der Uberzeugung einer gemeinsamen Abstammung? Hat es sich im Laufe der Geschichte Israels verandert? Kristin Weingart untersucht den Gebrauch des Israel-Namens im Alten Testament sowie die ihm zugrundeliegenden Israel-Konzeptionen. Sie zeigt, dass die soziale Konstruktion der Abstammungsgemeinschaft in vor- wie nachexilischer Zeit die Basis des israelitischen Gemeinbewusstseins bildete und hinter den verschiedenen Verwendungsweisen des Israel-Namens steht.

Studien zur Verwendung des Israel-Namens im Alten Testament

Stämmevolk - Staatsvolk - Gottesvolk?

Ponder questions of the united monarchy under Saul and David in light of current historical and archaeological evidence Reconstructing the emergence of the Israelite monarchy involves interpreting historical research, approaching questions of ancient state formation, synthesizing archaeological research from sites in the southern Levant, and reexamining the biblical traditions of the early monarchy embedded in the books of Samuel and Kings. Integrating these approaches allows for a nuanced and differentiated picture of one of the most crucial periods in the history of ancient Israel. Rather than attempting to harmonize archaeological data and biblical texts or to supplement the respective approach by integrating only a portion of data stemming from the other, both perspectives come into their own in this volume presenting the results of an interdisciplinary Tübingen–Tel Aviv Research Colloquium. Features: Essays on Israel's monarchy by experts in biblical archaeology and biblical studies Methods for integrating archaeology and biblical traditions in reconstructing ancient Israel's history New research on the sociopolitical process of state formation in Israel and Judah

Kristin Weingart

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