Proposed Sites of Post-586 BCE Yahwistic Temples in the Neo-Babylonian, Persian and Hellenistic

Proposed Sites of Post-586 BCE Yahwistic Temples in the Neo-Babylonian, Persian and Hellenistic Periods in the Ancient Near East, with Bibliography

Diana Edelman, University of Sheffield

Bethel:

Blenkinsopp, Joseph

1994 “Judaean Priesthood during the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods: A

Hypothetical Reconstruction.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60: 25-43.

2003 “Bethel in the Neo-Babylonian Period.” Pp. 93-108 in Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Edited by Oded Lipschits and Joseph Blenkinsopp. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

Hyatt, J. Philip

1937 “A Babylonian Parallel to Bethel-Sareser, Zech 7:2.” Journal of Biblical

Literature 56: 387-94.

Casiphia:

Ackroyd, Peter R.

Browne, Laurence E.

1916“A Jewish Sanctuary in Babylonia.” Journal of Theological Studies 17: 400-

401.

Causse

Lods, Alphonse

Miller and Hayes

Rudolph, wilhelm

Smith, Morton

1971 Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. Lectures on the History of Religion Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, New Series, 9. London: Columbia University Press.

Another Temple in Babylonia:

Smith, Morton

1971 Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. Lectures on the History of Religion Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, New Series, 9. London: Columbia University Press.

Deir ‘Alla:

Vink, J.

1968 “The Date and Origin of the Priestly Code in the Old Testament.” Oudtestamentische Studiën15:1-144.

Franken, H. J.

1967 “Texts from The Persian Period from Deir ‘Alla.” Vetus Testamentum 17: 480-81.

Koiij, G. van der

1993 “Deir ‘Alla.” Pp. 338-42 in The New Encyclopaedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Volume 1,. Edited by Ephraim Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.

Koiij G. van der and Ibrahim,M.M.

1989 Picking Up the Threads: A continuing review of excavations at Deir Alla, Jordan. Leiden: University of Leiden Archaeological Centre.

Smith, Morton

1971 Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. Lectures on the History of Religion Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, New Series, 9. London: Columbia University Press.

Elephantine/Yeb:

Ahlström, Gösta W.

1993 The History of Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander’s

Conquest. Journal, for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 146.

Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.

Arnold, W.R.

1921 “The Passover Papyrus from Elephantine.” Journal of Biblical Literature31:1-3.

Briant, Pierre

2002From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Translated from

French by P. Daniels. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

Cowley, Arthur E.

1923Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Dupont-Sommer, André

1946-47 “Sur la fête de la Pâque dans les documents araméens d’Éléphantine.” Revue desÉtudes juives 7: 39 ff.

Hoonacker, Albin van

1915Une Communauté Judéo-Araméenne à Éléphantine, en Égypte, aux Vie et Ve

siècles av. J.-C. The Schweich Lectures, 1914. London: British Academy.

Kraeling, Emil G.

1953 The Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri: New Documents of the Fifth Century B.C. from the Jewish Colony at Elephantine. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Meyer, Eduard

1912 Der Papyrusfund von Elephantine: Dokumente einer jüdischen Gemeinde aus der Persezeit und das älteste erhaltene Buch der Weltliteratur. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

Porten, Bezalel

1968 Archives from Elephantine: The Life of an Ancient Jewish Military Colony. Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Sachau, Eduard

1911 Aramäische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer jüdischen Militär-Kolonie zu Elephantine .2 vols. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs.

Steuernagel, Carl

1911 “Zum Passah-Massothfest.” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 31: (310).

Sukenik, E.L. and Kutscher, J.

1942 “A Passover Ostracon from Elephantine.” Kedem 1: 53 ff (Hebrew).

Gibeon:

Edelman, Diana

2001 “Did Saulide-Davidic Rivalry Resurface in the Early Persian Period?” Pp. 69-91 in The Land that I Will Show You: Essays on the History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Honor of J. Maxwell Miller. Edited by J. Andrew Dearman and M. Patrick Arnold. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 343. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic.

2003 “Gibeon and the Gibeonites Revisited.” Pp. 153-67 in Judah and Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Edited by Oded Lipschits and Joseph Blenkinsopp. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

Lachish:

Aharoni, Yohanan

1968 “Trial Excavation in the “Solar Shrine” at Lachish: Preliminary Report.”

Israel Exploration Journal 18:157-69.

C.H.J. de Geus

1979-80 “Idumaea.” Jaarbericht ex oriente lux 26 (1979-80):53-74.

Tufnell, Olga et al.,

1953 Lachish III–Tell ed-Duweir: The Iron Age. London: Oxford University Press.

Ussishkin, David

1993 “Lachish.” Pp. 897-911 in The New Encyclopaedia of ArchaeologicalExcavations in the Holy Land, Volume 3. Edited by Ephraim Stern. Jerusalem:

Israel Exploration Society.

Leontopolis:

Delcor, Mathias

1968 “Le temple d’Onias en Égypte’, Revue biblique 75: 188-203.

Hayward, R.

1982 “The Jewish Temple at Leontopolis.” Journal of Jewish Studies 33:429-43.

Josephus, Flavius

Ant XII.387-88; XIII.62-73, 285; War I.31-33; VII.421-37.

Keil, V.

1985 “Onias III-Märtyrer oder Tempelgründer?” Zeitscrhft für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 97: 221-33.

Petrie, W.M. Flinders

1906Hyksos and Israelite Cities. Publications of the Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 12. London: School of Archaeology, University College: Quaritch

A Temple near Marisa:

Lemaire, André

2002 Nouvelles inscriptions araméennes d’Idumée, Tome II. Supplement à Transeuphratène 9. Paris: Gabalda. #286.

Mizpah:

Edelman, Diana

2005 The Origins of the “Second Temple:” Persian Imperial Politics and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem. London: Equinox.

Zorn, Jeffrey R.

1997 “Mizpah: Newly Discovered Stratum Reveals Judah’s Other Capital.” Biblical

Archaeology Review 23/5: 29-38, 66.

2003 “Tell en-Nasbeh and the Problem of the Material Culture of the Sixth Century.” Pp. 413-450 in Judah and Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Edited by Oded Lipschits and Joseph Blenkinsopp. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

Mt. Gerizim:

Bruneau, Philippe

1996 “Les Israélites de Délos et la juiverie délienne.” Bulletin de Correspondence

Hellénique 106: 465-504.

Bull, Robert J.

1968 “The Excavation of Tell er-Ras on Mt. Gerizim.” Biblical Archaeologist 31: 58-72.

Bull, Robert J. and Wright, G. Ernest

1965 “Newly Discovered Temples on Mt. Gerizim in Jordan.” Harvard Theological Review 58: 234-37.

Kraabel, A.T.

1984 “New Evidence of the Samaritan Diaspora has been Found on Delos.” Biblical Archaeologist 47: 44-46.

Magen, Yitzhaq

1993 “Gerizim, Mount.” Pp. 484-92 in The New Encyclopaedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Volume 2. Edited by Ephraim Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.

2000 “Mount Gerizim-a Sanctuary city: Summary of Eighteen years of Excavation.” Qadmoniot 33/120: 74-118 (Hebrew).

Pummer, Reinhard, II

1989 “Samaritan Material Remains and Archaeology.” Pp. 137-77 in The Samaritans. Edited by Alan D. Crown. Tübingen: Mohr.

Rowley, Harold H.

1955-56 “Sanballat and the Samaritan Temple.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

38: 166-98.

Spiro, A.

1951 “Samaritans, Tobiads, and Judahites in Pseudo Philo.” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 20: 279-355.

Stenhouse,A.Paul.

1985The Kitab al Tarikh of Abu ‘l-Fath. Sydney: Mandelbaum Trust, University of Sydney.

Stern, Ephraim and Magen, Yitzhaq

2000 “The First Stage of the Samaritan Temple on Mt. Gerizim: New Archaeological Evidence.” Qadmoniot33/120: 119-24 (Hebrew).

2002 “Archaeological Evidence for the First Stage of the Samaritan Temple on Mt. Gerizim.” Israel Exploration Journal 52: 49-57.

Qasr el-‘Abd:

Brett, M.J.B.

1963“The Qasr el-‘Abd: a Proposed Reconstruction.” Bulletin of the American

Schools of Oriental Research 171: 39-45.

Campbell, Edward F, Jr.

1979“Jewish Shrines of the Hellenistic and Persian Periods.” Pp. 159-67 in F.M. Cross (ed.), Symposia Celebrating the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1900-1975). Zion Research Occasional Publications. Cambridge: American Sschools of Oriental Research, 1979.

Cross, Frank Moore, Jr.

J.M. Dentzer, F. Villeneuve and F. Larché

1982 ‘Iraq el-‘Amr: Excavations at the Monumental Gateway’, in Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan, I. Edited by A. Hadidi. Amman: Dept. of Antiquities. pp. 201-207.

Lapp, Nancy

1993 “ Iraq el-Emir.” Pp. 646-49 in New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Volume 2. Edited by Ephraim Stern. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.

Lapp, Paul

1963 “The Second and Third Campaigns at ‘Arâq el-Emîr.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 171: 8-39.

Smith, Morton

1971 Palestinian Parties and Politics that Shaped the Old Testament. Lectures on the History of Religion Sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, New Series, 9. London: Columbia University Press.

Vincent, L.H.

1920 “La Palestine dans les papyrus ptolémaiques de Gerza.” Revue biblique 29:161-202.

Qumran:

Cross, Frank Moore, Jr.

Humbert, Jean-Baptiste

1994 “L’espace sacré à Qumrân.” Revue biblique 101: 161-214.

2003“Reconsideration of the Archaeological Interpretation: Qumran, Essenes and Architecture.” Pp. 419-25 in Khirbet Qumrân et ‘Aïn Feshka II. Études d’anthropologie, de physique et de chimie. Edited by Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Jan Gunneweg. Novum Testament et Orbis Antiquus Series Archaeologica 3. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Samaria:

Eshel, Hanan

1996 “Document 14 of Wadi Daliyeh and the Temple in the City of Samaria.” Sion 61 (359-65) (Hebrew).