The Element שלם in Hebrew Personal Names in the Land of Israel during the Iron Age ii Period
In this study, I investigated all personal names with the element שלם in the Land of Israel during the Iron Age II period. I collected the names from archaeological and biblical sources, analyzed and compared their distribution according to geography, chronology, and political affiliation. The results show that while שלם is a popular element in Judah from the eighth to the early sixth centuries, it is absent from Israel. The element שלם in unvocalized names from archaeological sources is interpreted mostly as ‘replacement, substitute’ (for the deceased child). However, the popularity of the element שלם solely in Judah may indicate that שלם was used more often than we assume as a divine name referring to YHWH, as do all other Judean popular names. In addition, the comparison between the names from archaeological and biblical sources may be interpreted to indicate that the Bible reflects Judean and not Israelite onomastic traditions.
Royal Judahite Jar Handles: Reconsidering the Chronology of the lmlk Stamp Impressions
Abstract The paper proposes a new chronology for the lmlk and the the so-called 'private' Judahite stamp impressions. It suggests that the lmlk stamp impression system was introduced in the final quarter of the 8th century BCE when Judah became an Assyrian vassal kingdom, and that it should be interpreted in light of the new economic and administrative policies that became operative in Judah during this period. The paper maintains that the lmlk system persisted and developed after Sennacherib's 701 BCE campaign, reusing old jars from sites not destroyed in the onslaught and also producing new jars with new types of stamp impressions. The paper further suggests that the jars with the so-called private stamp impressions were limited in number and restricted in distribution (primarily to the Shephelah of Judah), and were manufactured for only a short time (from 704–701 BCE) as part of Judah's preparations against the impending Assyrian campaign.
An Archaeological Study of Gibeah (Tell el-Fûl)
struction of Aelia Capitolina had the object of crushing this nationalism by obliterating Jewish Jerusalem for ever. The walls of the present Old City probably indicate its area. Of this period of Aelia Capitolina so far no evidence has been recovered except the deep fill in the area south of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Of the period of Christian Byzantine Jerusalem, when the city once more began to expand, evidence has been found in substantial buildings in most sites excavated. The most impressive are in the area between the southwest corner of the temple enclosure and the present city walls. They consist of two buildings, obviously on a large scale although only a small area has been excavated, surrounded by a colonnaded portico. They may plausibly be identified as the two hospices erected for pilgrims and the indigent sick described by Procopius (De Aedificiis V. 6) as having been erected by Justinian, in the 6th century A.D. A beginning has thus been made in exploring the topography of Jerusalem over the whole long period of its existence. It is clear that several more years' work will be required.