The period of the demise of the kingdom of Judah at the end of the 6th century B.C.E., the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, the exile of the elite to Babylon, and the reshaping of the territory of the new province of Judah, culminating at the end of the century with the first return of exiles-all have been subjects of intense scrutiny during the last decade. Lipschits takes into account the biblical textual evidence, the results of archaeological research, and the reports of Babylonian and Egyptian sources and provides a comprehensive survey and analysis of the evidence for the history of this 100-year-long era. He provides a lucid historical survey that will, no doubt, become the baseline for all future studies of this era.
- ISBN10 1575060957
- ISBN13 9781575060958
- Publish Date 30 June 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Eisenbrauns
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 488
- Language English