Abstract
The paper maintains that during the Iron I and much of the early Iron IIA the Shephelah was inhabited by independent-or at least autonomous- rural kinship groups that were not dominated by the 'United Monarchy'; that over the course of the early Iron IIA the region became increasingly politically dominated by the city-state of Gath; and that it was only after the destruction of Gath by Hazael in the 9th century BCE that the Shephelah eventually became part of the kingdom of Judah.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-94 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Tel Aviv |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Gath
- Judah
- Shephelah
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Archaeology