by Bradley L. Crowell
SBL Press, 2021
Paper: 978-1-62837-306-6 | eISBN: 978-0-88414-528-8 | Cloth: 978-0-88414-527-1
Library of Congress Classification DS154.2.C76 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 939.464

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

A comprehensive history of a state on Judah’s border



Edom at the Edge of Empire combines biblical, epigraphic, archaeological, and comparative evidence to reconstruct the history of Judah's neighbor to the southeast. Crowell traces the material and linguistic evidence, from early Egyptian sources that recall conflicts with nomadic tribes to later Assyrian texts that reference compliant Edomite tribal kings, to offer alternative scenarios regarding Edom's transformation from a collection of nomadic tribes and workers in the Wadi Faynan as it relates to the later polity centered around the city of Busayra in the mountains of southern Jordan. This is the first book to incorporate the important evidence from the Wadi Faynan copper mines into a thorough account of Edom's history, providing a key resource for students and scholars of the ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible.


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