Judah in Transition Between Iron Age I and IIA: Khirbet Qeiyafa as a Crossection of Ethnicities and Cultures

Abstract

Chapter is focused on new data from Khirbet Qeiyafa that are important for the history of late 11th and 10th century BCE Canaan and possibly for early Judah presence in the region. Author evaluates debate related to archaeological data and also brings into discussion biblical texts dealing with the period under consideration.

Keywords

• Khirbet Qeiyafa
• Iron Age I and IIA transition
• Canaan
• archaeology
• ethnicity