Ancient Israels Neighbors
Ancient Israels Neighbors Whether on a national or a personal level, everyone has a complex relationship with their closest neighbors. How much interaction should there be? Where are the borders?…
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Ancient Israels Neighbors
Whether on a national or a personal level, everyone has a complex relationship with their closest neighbors. How much interaction should there be? Where are the borders?
Ancient Israel was one of several small nations clustered in the eastern Mediterranean region between the large empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia in antiquity. How are conflicts solved? Frequently mentioned in the Bible, these other small nations are seldom the focus of the narrative unless they interact with Israel.
The ancient Israelites who produced the Hebrew Bible lived within a rich context of multiple neighbors, and this context profoundly shaped Israel. Indeed, it was through the influence of the neighboring people that Israel defined its own identity-in terms of geography, language, politics, religion, and culture.Ancient Israel's Neighbors explores both the biblical portrayal of the neighboring