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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808706303321

Autore

Arnold Patrick M

Titolo

Gibeah : the search for a Biblical city / / Patrick M. Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : JSOT Press, 1990

ISBN

1-281-84233-8

9786611842338

0-567-41555-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 79

Disciplina

933

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel

Israel Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Map 1: The Location of Gibeah at Jeba; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE LITERARY SEARCH FOR GIBEAH; Chapter 2 SEARCHING FOR GIBEAH; Chapter 3 THE OUTRAGE AT GIBEAH; Chapter 4 GIBEAH AND THE RISE OF THE ISRAELITE MONARCHY; Chapter 5 'BLOW THE TRUMPET IN GIBEAH'; Figure 1: Plan of Period I Remains at Tell el-Ful; Figure 2: Fortress I and II at Tell el-Ful; Figure 3: Period II Fortress at Tell el-Ful; Plate 1: The Village of Jeba; Plate 2: View of Mukhmas; Plate 3: The Wadi es-Swem't; Plate 4: 'Tooth of Rock' in the Geba Pass; Plate 5: The cave of el-Jaia

Appendix 1: [Omitted]-root Toponyms in BenjaminAppendix 2: The Reconstructed Core Narrative; Appendix 3: The Reconstructed 'Rise of Saul' Narrative; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a cross-disciplinary study of Israel's first 'capital city' from topographical, archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives. Challenging William F. Albright's claim that the ancient city is to be identified with Tell el-Ful, the book develops the case for a location instead at modern Jeba, 9 km north-east of Jerusalem, a site-change that bears important consequences for several scholarly theories relating to Gibeah. Among these are the inquest into the historicity and literary composition of the story of the 'Outrage of Gibeah' (Judg. 19-



21) and the origins and nature of