5/27/2023 0 Comments 1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline![]() We need to keep in mind, though, the somewhat conflicting account in the book of Judges, which gives a slightly different (lengthier and less bloody) picture of the conquest, in which the Israelites and the Canaanites lived together in the various cities. Based on this account, one might have expected to find evidence of wholesale destruction at the Canaanite sites that have been excavated, such as Hazor, Megiddo, Lachish, Bethel, Ai, and so on. ![]() ![]() The book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible describes in detail the conquest of Canaanite cities by the invading Israelites. Note that footnotes and references to relevant further reading have not been included here but may be found in the full book.ĭept of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and CivilizationsĬo-Director, The Megiddo Expedition and the Tel Kabri Project The following material is adapted from my recent book 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, published by Princeton University Press in 2014 (also available from ), which received the first ever “Best Popular Book” award from the American Schools of Oriental Research. All other things aside, recent discoveries allow us to investigate again the specific reason why the Israelites and Philistines were able to establish a foothold in the land of Canaan, namely the power vacuum that was created by the collapse of the Late Bronze Age kingdoms and empires in the ancient Near East in the decades after 1200 BC. ![]() The debates about the Conquest of Israel have been long and drawn out affairs, from the days of Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth to the present decade. ![]()
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