Archaeology and History of Eighth-Century Judah

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Presented to Odeb Borwski on the occaision of his retirement from Emory University.--Editors' preface. Part 1. Judah's Neighbors Near and Far -- Assyria's Expansion West of the Euphrates (ca 870-701 B.C.E) / K. Lawson Younger Jr -- Images, Merchants, and Mercenaries: Aegeans and Southern Judah in the Eighth Century BCE / Sandra Blakely -- The Kingdom of Israel in the Eighth-Century: From a Regional Power to Assyrian Provinces / Gilad Itach -- Bethsaida: The Capital City of the Kingdom of Geshur / Rami Arav -- Philistia in the Late Aron Age II: The Development of the Ceramic Assemblage / Seymour Gitin -- Transjordan in the Eighth-Century BCE / Bruce Routledge -- Egypt and Judah in the Eighth Century BCE / Donald Redford -- Part 2. The Land of Judah -- Society and Culture in the Kingdom of Judah during the Eighth Century / Avraham Faust -- The Introduction of the Open-Courtyard Building to the Jerusalem Landscape and Judean-Assyrian Interaction / Yval Gadot and Efrat Bocher -- Coming to Recognize that Sedentary Agriculture, or Farming, Was Rarely Practiced in the Hesi Region / Jeffrey A. Blakely and James W. Hardin -- Part 3. Ancient Technology -- Daily Life / Jennie Ebeling -- "He Shall Eat Curds and Honey" (Isa 7:15): Food and Feasting in Late Eighth-Century Judah / Cynthia Shafer-Elliott -- Ancient Building Techniques: A Brief Overview / Assaf Avraham -- The Pottery Assemblage of the Eighth Century: A Concluding Observation / Hayah Katz -- Judah Under Assyrian Rule and Early Phase of Stamping Jar Handles / Oded Lipschits -- Should All of the LMLK Jars Still Be Attributed to Hezekiah? Yes! / Andrew G. Vaughn -- Part 4. Religion and Ritual -- Death and Burial in Eighth-Century Judah / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Religion in Eighth-Century Judah: The Case of Kintillet ' Ajrud (and Beyond) / Brent A. Strawn and Joel M. LeMon -- Judean Pillar Figurines (JPFs) / Erin Darby -- Enculturating Children in Eighth-Century Judah / Kristine Henriksen Garroway -- Religion in Eighth-Century Judah: An Overview / Zav I. Farber -- Part 5. Biblical and Literary -- Scripture and Inscriptions: Eighth-Century Israel and Judah in Writing / Christopher Rollston -- The Shock of Assyrian Imperial Ideology and the Responses of Biblical Authors in the Late Eighth Century / Shawn Zelig Aster -- The Biblical Writings in the Later Eighth-Century BCE / Konrad Schmid -- Prophetic Discourse on "Israel" / Reinhard G. Kratz -- Israel and the Jerusalem Temple in the Time of Two Kingdoms / Daniel E. Flaming -- Appendix: Survey of Scientific Methods in Archaeology / Yair Sapir, with Shani Libi -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Place Index -- Modern Authors Index