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Following up on his two recent, widely acclaimed studies of ancient
Israelite history and society, William Dever here reconstructs the
practice of religion in ancient Israel from the bottom up.
Archaeological excavations reveal numerous local and family shrines
where sacrifices and other rituals were carried out. Intrigued by
this "folk religion" in all its variety and vitality, Dever writes
about ordinary people in ancient Israel and their everyday
religious lives.
"Did God Have a Wife?" shines new light on the presence and
influence of women's cults in early Israel and their implications
for our understanding of Israel's official "Book religion." Dever
pays particular attention to the goddess Asherah, reviled by the
authors of the Hebrew Bible as a foreign deity but, in the view of
many modern scholars, popularly envisioned in early Israel as the
consort of biblical Yahweh. His work also gives new prominence to
women as the custodians of Israel's folk religion.
The first book by an archaeologist on ancient Israelite
religion, this fascinating study critically reviews virtually all
of the archaeological literature of the past generation, while also
bringing fresh evidence to the table. Though Dever digs deep into
the past, his discussion is extensively illustrated, unencumbered
by footnotes, and vivid with colorful insights. Meant for
professional and general audiences alike, "Did God Have a Wife?" is
sure to spur wide and passionate debate.
In recognition of the significant contribution that Suzanne Richard
has made to the archaeology of the Early Bronze Age in the southern
Levant, this Festschrift represents the best of scholarship in her
areas of interest and publication in the field. Professor Richard
is known for her work on the Early Bronze Age, especially the EB
III-IV. Her first major articles (BASOR 1980; BA 1987) are still
standard references in the field. More recently, she is concerned
with interconnectivity, social organization in rural periods, and
urban-rural transitions in the Levant in the fourth and third
millennia BCE in particular. With an international cadre of leading
scholars, the volume reflects recent scholarship on the nature of
Bronze Age urbanism and cultural transitions at key junctures. The
volume is an important contribution to the field of late 4th
through the 2nd millennia BCE.
Archaeology and Bible--two simple terms, often used together,
understood by everybody. But are they understood properly? If so,
why are both subject to such controversy? And what can archaeology
contribute to our understanding of the Bible? These are the
problems addressed by Professor Dever in this book.
Dever first looks at the nature and recent development of both
archaeology and Biblical studies, and then lays the groundwork for
a new a productive relationship between these two disciplines. His
"case studies" are three eras in Israelite history: the period of
settlement in Canaan, the period of the United Monarchy, and the
period of religious development, chiefly during the Divided
Monarchy. In each case Dever explores by means of recent
discoveries what archaeology, couples with textual study, can
contribute to the illumination of the life and times of ancient
Israel.
Given the flood of new information that has come from recent
archaeological discoveries, Dever has chosen to draw evidence
largely from excavations and surveys done in Israel in the last ten
years--many still unpublished--concerning archaeology and the Old
Testament.
Dever's work not only brings the reader up to date on recent
archaeological discoveries as they pertain to the Hebrew Bible, but
indeed goes further in offering an original interpretation of the
relationship between the study of the Bible and the uncovering of
the material culture of the ancient Near East. Extensive notes,
plus the use of much new and/or unpublished data, will make the
volume useful to graduate students and professors in the fields of
Biblical studies and Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and the
seminarians, pastors, rabbis, and others. This book provides
stimulating, provocative, and often controversial reading as well
as a compendium of valuable insights and marginalia that symbolizes
the state of the art of Biblical archaeology today.
The Lives of Ordinary People tells the untold story of how the vast
majority of Israelites -- the people who are usually overlooked in
-typical- histories of ancient Israel -- lived during the eighth
century b.c.e. William G. Dever applies the latest archaeological
evidence and his own considerable expertise to answer the question
What was it really like to live in Israel's divided kingdom?
Writing as an archaeologist who is also a secular humanist, Dever
relies primarily on archaeological data rather than the Hebrew
Bible for his source material. He uncovers and analyzes rich
archaeological troves that provide vital clues about how most
people lived. Illustrated by photos, maps, charts, site plans, and
specially commissioned drawings, Dever's work brings vividly to
life a world too long buried beneath dusty texts and stony
landscapes.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Albright Institute of
Archaeological Research, this collection of erudite essays
concentrates on the archaeology of ancient Israel, Canaan, and
neighboring nations.
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