Recent radiocarbon results and King Solomon

Israel Finkelstein*, Eli Piasetzky

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Radiocarbon dating and stratigraphy here offer a new chronological structure for the Iron Age in the Levant. The credit for the construction of massive public monuments in the northern part of Israel is here wrested from David and Solomon and attributed to the later Omride dynasty. The early Israelite monarchs actually ruled over a small kingdom in the highlands around Jerusalem rather than a great empire.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)771-779
Number of pages9
JournalAntiquity
Volume77
Issue number298
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2003

Keywords

  • Biblical history
  • Historical archaeology
  • Radiocarbon
  • Solomon

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