Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents ; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Place, Memory, and the History of David's Jerusalem; 1 Between Memory and Modernity: Retracing the Traces of an Ancient Past; 2 David's Jerusalem in Samuel-Kings: Commemorating a Davidic Past; 3 David's Jerusalem in the Book of Chronicles: The Redress of the Past; 4 David's Jerusalem: The Early 10th Century BCE Part I: An Agrarian Community; 5 David's Jerusalem: The Early 10th Century BCE Part II: Stronghold and Ideological Apparatus; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The history of David's Jerusalem remains one of the most contentious topics of the ancient world. This study engages with debates about the nature of this location by examining the most recent archaeological data from the site and by exploring the relationship of these remains to claims made about David's royal center in biblical narrative. Daniel Pioske provides a detailed reconstruction of the landscape and lifeways of early 10th century BCE Jerusalem, connected in biblical tradition to the figure of David. He further explores how late Iron Age (the Book of Samuel-Kings) and late Persian/ear
