Das Jerusalemer Stadt-Königtum der Davididen und ihr Einflussgebiet im Wandel
The Davidic kingdom of Judah made several attempts to expand its territory during the 9th through 7th cent. B.C.E. In the region north of Jerusalem, Judah's influence remained limited and was only possible for a short time during the early 9th cent, B.C.E., when the northern kingdom was under A...
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| Language: | German |
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Harrassowitz
2020
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Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
Year: 2020, Volume: 136, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-138 |
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| Summary: | The Davidic kingdom of Judah made several attempts to expand its territory during the 9th through 7th cent. B.C.E. In the region north of Jerusalem, Judah's influence remained limited and was only possible for a short time during the early 9th cent, B.C.E., when the northern kingdom was under Aramean pressure. Renewed expansions towards the north during the 7th cent, B.C.E. failed (2 Kgs 23:29-30). More successful were expansions into the south since the late 9th cent, B.C.E. because these processes were approved by Israel, the northern kingdom, and later by the Assyrians as long as Judah was loyal to the Assyrian empire as in the time of king Manasseh. Expansions towards the west were limited by the structural weakness of the kingdom of Judah. Such expansions were only successful when they found the approval or even support of the kingdom of Israel. Only the Judahite expansion to the east towards the Dead Sea was feasible without considering the interests of Judah's powerful neighbors. This paper focuses on the structural limitations of the kingdom of Judah and its attempts to expand its territory. The dynasty of the Davidides is explained as being based mainly on the city of Jerusalem. Any royal expansion into the tribal clan lands of Judah had to be negotiated with the Judahite kinship groups. To overcome these restrictions of their power, the kings of Jerusalem established alliances with kinship groups within the city and beyond the clan territories of the highland of Judah. The conquered territories around the highland of Judah were crownlands that provided the city-kings of Jerusalem with urgently needed economic resources and political power constraining the kinship groups of the hill country of Judah. |
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| ISSN: | 2747-4534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
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