Jerusalem and Samaria: An Anthropological Tale of Two Cities.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Katz, Jill
- Source
- Biblical Archaeology Review. May/Jun2014, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p26-70. 3p.
- Subject
- *CAPITAL cities
*ANTHROPOLOGY
*JEWISH history -- 953-586 B.C.
SOCIAL aspects of cities & towns
HISTORY of Jerusalem
- Language
- ISSN
- 0098-9444
The article describes the ancient cities of Jerusalem and Samaria during the 9th and 8th centuries B.C.E., highlighting their ideological, economic and political roles as a regal-ritual city and an administrative city, respectively. Details are then given describing these two archetypes from an anthropological perspective and applied to the two cities through archaeological and historical evidence.