Transjordan and the Southern Levant

Transjordanien war keine abgelegene, marginalisierte Region, sondern über die südliche Levante hinaus in den Mittelmeerraum, Ägypten und Mesopotamien eingebunden. In interdisziplinärer Perspektive werden in diesem Band die ungelösten Fragen zur Geschichte Transjordaniens von der Eisenzeit bis zur hellenistischen Periode untersucht.Benedikt Hensel : New Impulses from Archaeology, Cultural Studies and Hebrew Bible Studies on Transjordan in the Context of the Southern Levant and Beyond: An Introduction

PART I: THE IRON AGE. CULTURAL CONTACTS AND GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION
Zachary Thomas : Early Iron Age Polities in the Southern Levant: Methodological Remarks- Katja Weiß : Friendly Aggression: Egypt's Interests in Transjordan between Diplomacy, Trade and Conflict (ca. 1075–525 B.C.)- Quinn Daniels : Inscribing the Northern Kingdom of Israel's Eastern and Southern Interests: The Exodus-Wilderness-Eastern Conquest Tradition- Stephen Germany : Israelite and Judahite Involvement in Transjordan during the Monarchic Period: A Synthesis of the Biblical and Extrabiblical Sources- Jordan Davis : Sihon and the Problem of Israel in Transjordan- Erasmus Gaß : Tribes and Territories in Transjordan: The Tribe of Gad in Moab, and Israel

PART II: THE PERSIAN PERIOD: OVERCOMING A RESEARCH DESIDERATUM, TRACING BIBLICAL TRADITIONS AND THEIR HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS
Benedikt Hensel : Transjordan and Judah from the Babylonian to Hellenistic Periods: Their Cultural, Religious, Economic, and Political Entanglements and Their Impact on the Formation of the Hebrew Bible – Piotr Bienkowski : Transjordan in the Persian Period: The Archaeological Evidence and Patterns of Occupation – Ben Greet : Powerful 'Localisms': Interconnecting Imperial, Regional, and Local Expressions in Persian-Period Glyptic East of the Jordan River – Yigal Levin : Edom in Yehud: How did Postexilic Judeans Imagine Edom?