The Sons of Jacob and the Sons of Herakles - The History of the Tribal System and the Organization of Biblical Identity

Cover

Dedication

Table of Contents

Introduction: Genealogical Myth and Biblical History

A. Biblical Genealogies, Oral Genealogies, Greek Genealogies

B. The State of the Evidence: Israel and Judah in Early Epigraphy and Archaeology

C. Archaeology and the United Monarchy

D. Historical Panisraeliteism and Biblical Panisraeliteism

E. Looking Forward

Chapter 1: The History of the Tribal System, Part I

A. What Do Differences Between Tribal Lists Mean?

B. Where to Start? Judges 5, and the First Phase of the Tribal System

C. Genesis 49: The Blessing of Jacob

D. Deuteronomy 33: The Last Israelite Vision

Chapter 2: The History of the Tribal System, Part II: The Priestly Invention of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

A. Introduction to the Priestly Source

B. The Earliest Twelve Tribe Lists

C. Where the Tribal System Is and Where It Is Not

D. The Meaning of Small Differences

Chapter 3: Jacob, Joseph, and the Birth of the Tribal-Genealogical Idea

A. Tradition Criticism and Narrative Development

B. The Tribal Birth Narratives

C. The Joseph Novella: Unified or Divided, Early or Late?

Chapter 4: The Tribal-Genealogical Layer

A. Genesis and What Follows: An Introduction

B. Genesis 35:22-26 and 46:8-25: The First Lists

C. Exodus 1:1-6:27: The Making of a "Panisraelite Anthology"

D. Numbers 1:20, 26:5-62, and the Tribal-Genealogical Layer

E. The Tribal-Genealogical Layer, Considered as a Whole

Chapter 5: The Primary History: Other Methods of Combination

A. The “Oath Promise Layer”

B. The David Tradition

C. David’s Descendants: Panisraelite Cross-References in the Books of Kings

D. Joshua 24, 1 Kings 18:31, and Undocumented Harmonizations

Chapter 6: The Chronicles Genealogy, the Catalogue of Women, and the Project of the Tribal-Genealogical System

A. Introduction to the Chronicles Genealogy

B. The Composition of the Chronicles Genealogy

C. The Pseudo-Hesiodic Catalogue of Women

D. Chronicles and the Catalogue: The Tools of the Genealogist

Chapter 7: The Sons of Jacob and the Sons of Herakles

A. The Return of the Herakleidai

B. The Sons of Herakles and the Sons of Jacob

C. The Meaning of Small Differences, Part II: Myth and Meaning

Chapter 8: Where, When, and How

A. The Bible in Persian Period Texts and the Tribal-Genealogical Layer

B. The Whole Picture

Conclusion: The Triple Coincidence: Text, Ethnicity, Genealogy

A. Text

B. Ethnicity

C. Genealogy

Bibliography

Index of References

Hebrew Bible

Index of Subjects