The Emergence of Israel in the Twelfth and Eleventh by Volkmar Fritz
By Volkmar Fritz
Based on the biblical snapshot of Israel's historical past, the time prior to the Israelite country may be divided into sessions: the conquest and department of the land (Joshua) and Israel's self-preservation opposed to quite a few enemies within the now-occupied land (Judges). the outline of either eras is, to make certain, principally fictitious, because the traditions recorded in those books emerged in basic terms in the course of the interval of the monarchy. besides the fact that, the fundamental kernel of the tune of Deborah (Judges five) is an actual textual content from this era, and in it we find that, within the 11th century, ten tribes settled within the sector and resisted Canaanite strength claims. in keeping with archaeological findings, even though a few Canaanite towns endured to exist within the 11th century, the land was once mostly populated by way of new humans in small within sight cities within which the cloth tradition of the Canaanites used to be taken over. via conscientiously keeping apart truth from fiction, Fritz bargains an insightful and enlightening depiction of this seminal interval of Israel's heritage.
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Hoftijzer and G. van der Kooij, Aramaic Texts from Deir ‘Allā (Documenta et monumenta Orientis antiqui 19; Leiden: Brill, 1976); Hans-Peter Müller, “Die aramäische Inschrift von Deir ‘Allā und die älteren Bileamsprüche,” ZAW 94 (1982): 214–44; P. Kyle 18 THE EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL ate connection to the biblical tradition, Balaam is nevertheless attested in an extrabiblical source. On account of the fragmentary state of preservation and numerous uncertainties in terms of reading and the interpretation of this text, the details of the extrabiblical oracle remain largely unclear.
Bileam: Literar- und formkritische Untersuchung des Prosa in Num 22–24 (STANT 38; Munich: Kösel, 1973). Moore, Michael S. The Balaam Traditions: Their Character and Development (SBLDS 113; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990). Mowinckel, Sigmund. “Der Ursprung der Bil‘amsage,” ZAW 48 (1930): 233–71. Safren, Jonathan D. “Balaam and Abraham,” VT 38 (1988): 105–13. Schmidt, Ludwig. “Die alttestamentliche Bileamüberlieferung,” BZ NS 23 (1979): 234–61. Zobel, HansJürgen. “Bileam-Lieder und Bileam-Erzählung,” in Die Hebräische Bibel und ihre zweifache Nachgeschichte: Festschrift für Rolf Rendtorff zum 65.
9 Only after the unification of the Israelite tribes under the leadership of a king could the concept of a land acquisition by all Israel be constructed; moreover, the explanation of a stone heap in Ai as a burial mound of a former king of the city in the time before the land seizure could be developed. For the oldest version, the structure, style, and vocabulary suggest a land-taking narrative that is older than the composition of the book of Joshua. Such a narrative about the conquest of Ai could be formed only in the course of the monarchic period.