Fast Forward: Mediterranean Connectivity ca. 950–900 bce and Israelite-Tyrian Maritime Entrepreneurship
In this paper I look at Solomon and Hiram's joint maritime ventures as narrated in the Bible from a long-term archaeological perspective. I show that the second half of the tenth century BCE indeed constitutes a watershed in the recovery of Levantine sea-borne trade after the late Bronze Age co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2022, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 152-176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ocean
/ Activity
/ Mediterranean Sea policy
/ Mediterranean area (Motif)
/ Commerce
/ Silver
/ Tyre
/ Israel (Antiquity)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | In this paper I look at Solomon and Hiram's joint maritime ventures as narrated in the Bible from a long-term archaeological perspective. I show that the second half of the tenth century BCE indeed constitutes a watershed in the recovery of Levantine sea-borne trade after the late Bronze Age collapse, which may be understood as providing support for the Biblical texts. I argue, however, that there is no compelling reason to attribute this phenomenon to royal initiative. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2022-0026 |