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.
Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel
CHAPTER 1 An Introduction 3 I. State of Research 5 II. Purpose 8 III. Methods 11 IV. Outline 13 CHAPTER 2 Sources: Epigraphical, Archaeological, and Biblical 19 I. Availability of Epigraphical Evidence 19 II. Archaeological Finds 24 III. Biblical Sources 32 1. The Books of Samuel and Kings 32 2. The Book of Chronicles 37 3. Allusions to Solomon in the Hagiographa 39 IV. Conclusion 40 CHAPTER 3 Challenging Recent Dismissals of the United Monarchy 41
A New Typology of the Yehud Stamp Impressions
Abstract This paper presents a new framework for studying the Yehud stamp impressions of the Persian and early Hellenistic periods. It includes a new typology of 17 types divided into three different chronological groups, resting on a more precise chronological system informed by palaeography, stratigraphy, distribution and comparative analysis. It also proposes new readings of four stamp types, and suggests a new type not yet recognized.