Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record

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Nissim Amzallag (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel

Insights from the Archaeological Record

Nissim Amzallag (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)

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Cambridge University Press
01 June 2023

History of art: ancient & classical art; Judaism

In this book, Nissim Amzallag offers new perspectives on the birth of ancient Israel by combining recent archaeological discoveries with a new approach to ancient Yahwism. He investigates the renewal of the copper industry in the Early Iron Age Levant and its influence on the rise of new nations, and also explores the recently identified metallurgical context of ancient Yahwism in the Bible. By merging these two branches of evidence, Amzallag proposes that the roots of YHWH are found in a powerful deity who sponsored the emancipation movement that freed Israel from the Amorite/Egyptian hegemony. Amzallag identifies the early Israelite religion as an attempt to transform the esoteric traditions of Levantine metalworkers into the public worship of YHWH. These unusual origins provide insight into many of the unique aspects of Israelite theology that ultimately spurred the evolution towards monotheism. His volume also casts new light on the mysterious smelting-god, the figure around which many Bronze Age religions revolved.

By: Nissim Amzallag (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9781009314763
ISBN 10: 1009314769
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. The Movement of Emancipation in the Southern Levant: 1. Baal and the Amorite hegemony; 2. Israel and the Amorites; 3. The fraternal alliance in the Southern Levant; 4. The substratum of the movement of emancipation; Part II. The Primeval Identity of YHWH: 5. The metallurgical background of ancient Yahwism; 6. YHWH and El; Part III. The Conception of Israel: 7. The Israelite singularity; 8. The exodus-conquest ideology; 9. Integrative Yahwism.

Nissim Amzallag is Associate Researcher in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Ben Gurion University. He is the author of more than fifty papers and three books, most recently Psalm 29: A Canaanite Hymn to YHWH in the Psalter (Peeters, 2021).