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100	1		_aBimson, John J. _96319
245	1	0	_aRedating the Exodus and Conquest / _cJohn J. Bimson.
260			_aSheffield : _bDept. of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield, _c1978.
300			_a351 p. : _bmaps ; _c22 cm.
440		0	_aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. _pSupplement series, _x0309-0787 ; _v5 _96320
500			_aIncludes indexes.
504			_aBibliography: p. 285-318.
505			_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.
650		0	_aExodus, The _xChronology. _96321
650		0	_aJews _xHistory _yTo 1200 B.C. _xChronology. _96322
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