03786cam a2200313 i 45000010008000000030006000080050017000140080041000310100017000720200025000890200022001140400018001360500019001540820013001731000026001862450056002122600076002683000029003444400090003735000022004635040030004855052619005156500035031346500051031699060045032209420014032659990015032799520178032943724892AUA.120160418154549.0800320s1978    enkb     b    001 0 eng    a   80460050   a0905774108 :c£9.85  a0905774035 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBS1245.2b.B5500a222/.0951 aBimson, John J.9631910aRedating the Exodus and Conquest /cJohn J. Bimson.  aSheffield :bDept. of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield,c1978.  a351 p. :bmaps ;c22 cm. 0aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.pSupplement series,x0309-0787 ;v596320  aIncludes indexes.  aBibliography: p. 285-318.  a 	Introduction : 1. The question of historicity ; 2. The importance of the question of date ; 3. A brief history of the popular theories ; 4. A critique of some two-phase theories ; 5. Handling the traditions ; 6. The approach to be taken. I.A critical examination of the thirteenth century dating of the Exodus : 1. The two main pillars of the thirteenth century date : Pithom and Raamses: the argument from Exodus 1:11 : Ramses ; Pithom. Archaeological evidence for a conquest towards the end of the thirteenth century BC : The anomaly of Jericho and other cities ; Alternative explanations for the 13th century destructions ; The subjective identification of "Israelite" culture ; Conclusion --
2. Other arguments used to support the thirteenth century date : The archaeology of Transjordan ; The military campaigns of Seti I and Rameses II --
3. The implication of the Old Testament's chronological material : The statement contained in 1 Kings 6:1 ; Material in the book of Judges : The result of totaling the periods ; The material in the book of Judges and the 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1 ; The extent to which the Judges period may be compressed ; The chronology from Jephthah to David's accession ; The chronology of the earlier part of the Judges period. II. Palestinian archaeology and the early date for the Exodus : 4. Jericho : Introduction ; The problem of Jericho : Kenyon's revisions of the views of Garstang ; Kenyon's conclusions and the Exodus ; A search for an explanation. The proposed solution : An alternative view: Joshua and the end of MBA Jericho ; Jericho and the expulsion of the Hyksos ; The argument from pottery ; A new working hypothesis --
5. An excursus on Bichrome ware and ceramic chronology : The dating of MB II B-C ; Bichrome ware and the MBA destructions ; Megiddo ; The Hurrian migration and the appearance of bichrome ware ; The problem of circular arguments ; Previous redatings of the appearance of bichrome ware ; The length of LB I and the use of bichrome ware ; The surrounding regions: Egypt ; Cyprus ; Syria ; Tell el-Ajjul ; Conclusion: the problem of methodology --
6. Hazor : Excavations at Hazor: Garstang and Yadin ; A short survey of MBA and LBA Hazor ; Wood and Waltke on Hazor ; A 15th century date for the end of MBA Hazor ; The problem of Judges 4-5 --
7. Other conquest traditions and the end of the middle bronze age : More problems: cities for a thirteenth century conquest : Hebron ; Hormah ; Arad ; Gibeon ; Dan. Other cities destroyed at the end of the middle bronze age ; The problem: city of Ai ; The problem of Shechem --
8. Summary and conclusion. 0aExodus, ThexChronology.96321 0aJewsxHistoryyTo 1200 B.C.xChronology.96322  a7bcbccorignewd3encipf19gy-gencatlg  2lcccBOOK  c1748d1748  00102lcc40708BooksaAUA.1bAUA.1cGSd2011-10-13eDonationg10.00hAUA001960l1oBS 1245.2 .B55 1978pAUA001960r2017-04-24 00:00:00s2017-04-21v10.00w2011-10-13yBOOK