Gastvortrag von Shua Kisilevitz (Tel Aviv University)
Shua Kisilevitz ist Research and Field Archaeologist im Jerusalem District der Israel Antiquities Authority; sie ist derzeit Co-Direktor des Tel Moẓa Excavation Project. Am 9.5. wird sie in Graz einen Vortrag zu den Entdeckungen in Tel Moẓa halten, bei denen wichtige neue Erkenntnnisse zu Juda zur Zeit des Ersten Tempels gewonnen werden konnten.
The ongoing discovery of a cultic precinct with a series of temples from the First Temple Period (10th to 6th c. BCE) at Tel Moẓa, less than 7 kilometers from Jerusalem, has rejuvenated the debate on the formation of religion in ancient Judah and Israel. The new finds include a monumental temple complex similar in architectural plan, size, and decoration to the Solomonic Temple in Jerusalem mentioned in the biblical texts, and to contemporary temples found in north Syria. The examination of the various phases of the precinct and their finds affords us an unparalleled opportunity to examine the development of cultic traditions and patterns of ritual activities in Judah in the context of ancient Near Eastern conventions. They indicate that the Solomonic temple in Jerusalem was neither the only temple in Judah nor was it necessarily the ‘First’.