Archäologie; Bibel; Pentateuch; Datierung; Literaturgeschichte
FinkelsteinIsrael, KleimanAssaf (2019), The Archaeology of the Days of Baasha?, in
Revue Biblique, 126(2), 277-296.
Altmann Peter (2019),
Banned Birds: The Birds of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
HenselBenedikt (2019), Deuteronomium 12,13–19: Zur Lokalisierung des einen Maqom, in
Biblische Notizen. Neue Folge, 182, 9-43.
AltmannPeter, Al-SuadiSoham (2019),
Essen und Trinken. Lebenswelten der Bibel, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh.
PyschnyKatharina (2019), From Core to Centre: Issues of Centralization in Numbers and Deuteronomy, in
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, 8(3), 287-312.
SchmidKonrad (2019), How to Identify a Persian Period Text in the Pentateuch, in Lackowski Mark, Bautsch Richard J. (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 101-118.
AngeliniAnna, NihanChristophe (2019), Introduction: Comparing Animal Lexica in Ancient Cultures, in
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SchmidKonrad (2019), Mythos oder Geschichte? Die historische Kritik an der Bibel und ihre theologische Bedeutung, in Bühler Pierre (ed.), Verlag der Fachvereine, Zürich, 31-50.
Hensel Benedikt (2019), On the Relationship of Judah and Samaria in Post-Exilic Times: A Farewell to the Conflict Paradigm, in
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 44(1), 19-42.
Lee-Sak Yitzhak (2019), Polemical Propaganda of the Golah Community against the Gibeonites: Historical Background of Joshua 9 and 2 Samuel 21 in the Early Persian Period, in
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 44(1), 115-132.
Sergi Omer (2019), The Memory of the Kingdom of Geshur in Biblical Literature, in Berlejung Angelika, Maeir Aren M. (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 315-330.
NihanChristophe, RhyderJulia (2018), Aarons’ Vestments in Exodus 28 and Priestly Leadership, in Pyschny Katharina, Schulz Sarah (ed.), De Gruyter, Berlin, 45-67.
Nihan Christophe (2018), Abraham Traditions and Cult Politics in the Persian Period: Moriyyāh and Šalēm in Genesis, in Wöhrle Jakob, Brett Mark (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 259-281.
SchmidKonrad (2018), Ägypten als Chaosmacht: Die Vernichtung des ägyptischen Heers am Schilfmeer als Begründung der Herrlichkeit Gottes im perserzeitlichen Exodusbuch, in
Aegyptiaca, 3, 149-157.
KleimanAssaf (2018), Comments on the Archaeology and History of Tell el-Far‘ah North (Biblical Tirzah) in the Iron IIA, in
Semitica, 60, 85-104.
HenselBenedikt (2018), Cult Centralization in the Persian Period: Biblical and Historical Perspectives, in
Semitica, 60, 221-272.
Hensel Benedikt (2018), Das JHWH-Heiligtum am Garizim: Ein archäologischer Befund und seine literar- und theologiegeschichtliche Einordnung, in
Vetus Testamentum, 68(1), 73-93.
SchmidKonrad (2018), Die Priesterschrift als antike Historiographie. Quellen und Darstellungsweise der politischen und religiösen Geschichte der Levante in den priesterschriftlichen Erzelternerzählungen, in Wöhrle Jakob, Brett Mark G. (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 93-111.
RömerThomas, Ben-Dor EvianShirly (2018), Editorial Introduction, in
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 18, vi-vii.
AltmannPeter (2018), Feasting like Royalty in a Time of Famine: Reflections on the Meaning and Composition of the Feast in Gen 43:15–34, in
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 130, 349-363.
Sergi Omer (2018), Jacob and the Aramaean Identity of Ancient Israel between the Judges and the Prophets, in Wöhrle Jakob, Brett Mark G. (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 283-305.
Lee-SakYitzhak (2018),
Levitical Cities, De Gruyter, Berlin.
SchmidKonrad (2018), Overcoming the Sub-Deuteronomism and Sub-Chronicism of Historiography in Biblical Studies: The Case of the Samaritans, in Kartveit Magnar, Knoppers Gary (ed.), De Gruyter, Berlin, 17-30.
SchmidKonrad (2018), Remembering and Reconstructing Abraham: Abraham’s Family and the Literary History of the Pentateuch, in Bormann Lukas (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 9-31.
SchmidKonrad (2018), The Biblical Writings in the Late Eighth Century B.C.E., in Farber Zev, Wright Jacob L. (ed.), SBL Press, Atlanta GA, 493-501.
Sergi Omer, Kleiman Assaf (2018), The Kingdom of Geshur and the Expansion of Aram-Damascus into the Northern Jordan Valley: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives, in
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 379, 1-18.
Ben-Dor Evian Shirly (2018), The Past and Future of Biblical Egyptology, in
Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, 18, 1-11.
Schmid Konrad (2017), “Israel” in the Joseph Story (Gen 37–50), in Lipschits Oded, Adams Matthew J., Gadot Yuval (ed.), Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake IN, 355-364.
Finkelstein Israel (2017), A Corpus of North Israelite Texts in the Days of Jeroboam II?, in
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, 262-289.
Lipschits Oded (2017), Abraham Traditions between Mamre and Jerusalem [Hebrew], in
Beit Mikra, 62, 222-253.
Lipschits Oded (2017), Bethel Revisited, in Lipschits Oded, Gadot Yuval, Adams Matthew J. (ed.), Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake IN, 233-246.
Kleiman Assaf, Cohen Margaret E., Hall Erin, Homsher Robert S., Finkelstein Israel (2017), Cult Activity at Megiddo in the Iron Age: New Evidence and a Long-Term Perspective, in
Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 133, 24-52.
Römer Thomas (2017), Le lieu unique choisi par YHWH et la pluralité des temples dans l’idéologie deuteronomiste, in
Judaïsme Ancien – Ancient Judaism, 5, 1-22.
Nihan Christophe (2017), Le pectoral d’Aaron et la figure du grand prêtre dans les traditions sacerdotales du Pentateuque, in Kotzé Gideon R., Jonker Louis C., Maier Christl M. (ed.), Brill, Leiden, 23-55.
Schmid Konrad (2017), Taming Egypt: The Impact of Persian Imperial Ideology and Politics on the Biblical Exodus Account, in Schoonover Myles, Popović Mladen, Vandenberghe Marijn (ed.), Brill, Leiden, 13-29.
Spiciarich Abra, Gadot Yuval, Sapir-Hen Lidar (2017), The Faunal Evidence from Early Roman Jerusalem: The People behind the Garbage, in
Tel Aviv, 44, 98-117.
Lipschits Oded, Römer Thomas, Gonzalez Hervé (2017), The Pre-Priestly Abraham Narratives from Monarchic to Persian Times, in
Semitica, 59, 261-296.
Schmid Konrad (2017), Von Jakob zu Israel. Das antike Israel auf dem Weg zum Judentum im Spiegel der Fortschreibungsgeschichte der Jakobüberlieferungen der Genesis, in Grohmann Marianne (ed.), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 33-67.
Sergi Omer (2016), The Gilead between Aram and Israel: Political Borders, Cultural Interaction and the Question of Jacob and the Israelite Identity, in Sergi Omer, Hulster Izaak J. de, Oeming Manfred (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 333-354.
Kleiman Assaf, A North-Israelite Royal Administrative System and its Impact on Late-Monarchic Judah, in
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Lipschits Oded, Abraham zwischen Mamre und Jerusalem, in Brett Mark, Wöhrle Jakob (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
HallErin, An Early Iron Age Hoard from Area Q, in Finkelstein Israel, Adams Matthew J., Martin Mario A.S. (ed.), Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
Sergi Omer, Back to the Rise of Ancient Israel: The Question of Identity and State Formation, in Sergi Omer, Koch Ido, Lipschits Oded (ed.), Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake IN.
LipschitsOded, Benjamin in Retrospective: Stages in the Creation of the Territory of the Benjamin Tribe (7th–5th Centuries BCE), in Krause Joachim J., Weingart Kristin, Sergi Omer (ed.), SBL Press, Atlanta GA.
KleimanAssaf, Beyond Hazor: Urban Durability, Political Instability, and Collective Memory in the Northern Jordan Valley at the Turn of the Second Millennium BCE, in Sergi Omer, Lipschits Oded, Koch Ido (ed.), Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake IN.
SpiciarichAbra, Birds in Transition: Bird Exploitation in the Southern Levant During the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age I, and Iron Age II, in
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.
Sergi Omer, Can We Reconstruct the Formation of Ancient Israelite Identity?, in
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Altmann Peter, Spiciarich Abra, Chickens, Partridges, and the tor of Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible, in
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HenselBenedikt, Debating Temple and Torah in the Second Temple Period: Theological and Political Aspects of the Final Redaction(s) of the Pentateuch, in Schröter Jens, Witte Markus (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
Hensel Benedikt, Die Bedeutung Samarias für die formative period der alttestamentlichen Theologie- und Literaturgeschichte, in
Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 32(1), 20-48.
NihanChristophe, Die Rezeption priesterschriftlicher Traditionen in den Zentralisationsvorschriften des Deuteronomiums, in Berner Christoph, Samuel Harald (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
HenselBenedikt, Edom through the Ages. On the Development of a Positive Image of Edom in the Jacob Narrative (Gen 25–36*) and in Other Pentateuchal Traditions, in Hensel Benedikt (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
Angelini Anna, Spiciarich Arba, Altmann Peter (ed.),
Food Taboos and Biblical Prohibitions: Reassesssing Archaeological and Literary Perspectives, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
HallErin, Hoarding at Tel Megiddo in the Late Bronze and Iron Age I, in
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HenselBenedikt, Introduction: Recent Research on the Jacob Cycle, in Hensel Benedikt (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
Kleiman Assaf, Invisible Kingdoms? Settlement Oscillations in the Northern Jordan Valley and State Formation in Southwestern Syria, in Berlejung Angelika, Maeir Aren M. (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
Hutzli Jürg, J’s Problem with the East: Observations on the So-Called Yahwist Texts in Genesis 1–25, Followed by Literary Historical Conclusions, in Jeon Jaeyoung (ed.), SBL Press, Atlanta GA.
DavisJordan, Living Outside the Land that was Promised: Priestly Ideology in Numbers 32, in Hutzli Jürg, Davis Jordan (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
LipschitsOded, Materialkultur, Verwaltung und Wirtschaft in Juda während der Perserzeit und die Rolle des Jerusalemer Tempels, in Achenbach Reinhard (ed.), Ugarit-Verlag, Münster.
HutzliJürg, Priestly(-like) Texts in Samuel and Kings, in Sergi Omer, Römer Thomas, Koch Ido (ed.), Peeters, Leuven.
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Remembering Edom in the Exilic and Post-Exilic Period: Social Memory and Imagination, Equinox, Sheffield.
HenselBenedikt,
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KleimanSabine, The End of Cult Places in 8th Century Judah. Cult Reform or de facto Centralization?, in Witte Markus, Kamlah Jens (ed.), Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden.
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The Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25–35): Compilation, Redaction and the Reception of the Biblical Narrative and Its Historical and Cultural Contexts, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
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The Origins of P. Literary Profiles and Strata of the Priestly Texts in Genesis 1 – Exodus 40, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
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To Eat or Not to Eat: Studies on the Biblical Dietary Prohibitions, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
HenselBenedikt, Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: State of the Field, Desiderata and Research Perspectives in a Necessary Debate on the Formative Period of Judaism(s), in Hensel Benedikt, Adamczewski Bartosz, Nocquet Dany (ed.), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
Adamczewski Bartosz, Hensel Benedikt, Nocquet Dany (ed.),
Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible: Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen.
The Pentateuch is one of the most important and most intensively researched bodies of literature in the Western world, and its impact on history, literature, art, philosophy, culture, and religion is tremendous. Critical analysis of the Pentateuch arose in the 17th century and has made significant progress to the present day. However, all the manuscripts we have postdate the composition of the Pentateuch by several centuries, and the earliest evidence at our disposal occurs in the Dead Sea Scrolls. This situation presents a considerable challenge for reconstructing the history of the Pentateuch, largely obscuring the time, place, and authorship of its various texts.This project strives to develop new methodological approaches to this problem by combining literary and archaeological / historical approaches. It brings together the expertise of leading scholars in the fields of Pentateuchal studies, archaeology, history, and historical geography, comprising three subprojects: Subproject A (responsible: Konrad Schmid): The Cultural and Historical World behind Genesis 25-50; Subproject B (responsible: Thomas Römer): The Historical Geography of Priestly Document and of the Priestly Literature in the Book of Numbers; and Subproject C (responsible: Christophe Nihan): Sanctuaries, Cult, and Ritual in Ancient Israel and Ancient Judah. The research in the subprojects will be co-directed under the joint supervision of a Pentateuchal scholar (from Lausanne or Zurich) and an archaeologist (from Tel Aviv; see the organization chart) and will be conducted by two doctoral students / post-docs (depending on the applications for the position). The three research groups will meet twice a year-once in Switzerland, once in Israel. The project will be opened by a starting conference, and a concluding conference will present the results to the scholarly community. The volumes resulting from these conferences will include evaluative pieces by the project leaders, assessing and synthesizing the project’s outcome, which will be published in an internationally renowned and accessible book series.Switzerland’s biblical studies faculties in Lausanne and Zurich provide excellent expertise and resources for the study of the Pentateuch, but there is no research group active in the field of archaeology, history, and historical geography of ancient Israel in Switzerland. Therefore, this Sinergia project proposal includes scholars from Tel Aviv University, a world-leading center in these disciplines with close connections to its Swiss partners.