“Stager then concludes his discussion of the Solomonic kingdom with the following remark: “With an accurate chronology established by Egyptian sources through Shishak’s campaign in Palestine in 925 B.C.E., an adequate understanding of what statehood entails through historically generated typologies,… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“The inescapable and troublesome conclusion was that if there was a political entity in tenth-century Judea, it was a small tribal kingdom, and that Jerusalem was a fortified stronghold. It is possible that the tiny kingdom was ruled by a… — Shlomo Sand Copy Share Image