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Old Testament Essays

On-line version ISSN 2312-3621
Print version ISSN 1010-9919

Old testam. essays vol.23 n.2 Pretoria  2010

 

The effect of Neo-Assyrian non-interference policy on the Southern Levant: An archaeological investigation

 

 

Coenraad L. Van W. Scheepers

UNISA

Correspondence

 

 


ABSTRACT

The socio-political scene and economic structure of the Neo-Assyrian Empire influenced the Ancient Near East in many ways. An overview of the interpretation of Neo-Assyrian records1 in the light of archaeological evidence, mainly from seventh century Ekron (Tell Miqne), may contribute to understand why this city seemed to flourish during the seventh century B.C.E.. The article is an attempt to demonstrate that archaeological data dating from the 7th century B.C.E. in Israel/Palestine opens new perspectives when interpreted keeping the socio-political and economic structures of the Neo Assyrian Empire in mind.


 

 

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Correspondence:
Prof. Coenraad Scheepers
Department of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
University of South Africa
P.O. Box 392, Unisa, 0003
E-mail: scheeclv@unisa.ac.za

 

 

1 This overview is based on the contributions made by Assyriologists at a symposium held under the auspices of the Institute of Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen in September 1977. The theme of the symposium was “Empires in the Ancient World. Papers presented at the symposium on the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which will be referred to later in this article, were made by J. Nicholas Postgate, Benedikt Otzen and Susan Frankenstein.

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