HeBAI, Supplement Issue: Mass Deportations - To and From the Levant during the Age of Empires in the Ancient Near East

Edited by Oded Lipschits, Sara Milstein, Konrad Schmid, and Jakob Wöhrle.

Nine studies explore the multifaceted aspects of the deportations to and from the Levant which occured during the eighth to the sixth centuries BCE. They demonstrate the interdisciplinary character of the discourse by integrating material remains and textual sources of a variety of genres, and the employment of sociological and anthropological models in the study of forced migration and involuntary resettlement. - From the Table of Contents: Ido Koch: Editorial Introduction: Mass Deportations - To and From the Levant during the Age of Empires in the Ancient Near East. - Ido Koch: A Framework for the Study of Deportations to and from the Southern Levant during the Age of the Mesopotamian Empires. - Laura Battini: During the Displacement. Life, Death, Health and Psychological Conditions of Migrants. - Eckart Frahm: The Intellectual Background of Assyrian Deportees, Colonists, and Officials in the Levant. - Gilad Itach: The Assyrian Interests in the Western Part of the Province of Samaria. A Case Study from Khallat es-Sihrij and its Vicinity. - Ran Zadok: Issues of the Deportations of the Israelites-Judeans and their Aftermath. - Angelika Berlejung: A Sketch of the Life of the Golah in the Countryside of Babylonia. Risks and Options of Unvoluntary Resettlement in the Sixth Century BCE. - C. A. Strine: Was the Book of Ezekiel Written in a Refugee Camp? An Investigation. - Cynthia Edenburg: Messaging Brothers in Distant Lands. Biblical Texts in Light of Judean, Samarian and Diaspora Target Audiences. - Yigal Levin: Memories of the Assyrian Exile in Persian-Period Yehud. A View from Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah. - 238 Seiten mit 27 Abb. und einigen Tab., broschiert (HeBAI - Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel; Vol. 11 (2022), Supplement [= Issue 5]/Mohr Siebeck 2022) Lagerspuren/some shelfwear