Dr. Yigal Levin teaches the history of the biblical period at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University. He received his Ph.D. in Bible from Bar Ilan University. Specializing in historical geography and in biblical genealogies, Levin was co-editor of War and Peace in Jewish Tradition from Biblical Times to the Present and is presently working on a commentary on Chronicles
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Nimrod’s bio begins in the 23rd century B.C.E. with King Sargon of Akkad and his grandson Naram-Sin.
Nimrod’s bio begins in the 23rd century B.C.E. with King Sargon of Akkad and his grandson Naram-Sin.
In the southern Transjordanian Mishor (plateau), an area that changed hands between Israelites and Moabites, there once lived two neighboring tribes, Gadites and Dibonites…
In the southern Transjordanian Mishor (plateau), an area that changed hands between Israelites and Moabites, there once lived two neighboring tribes, Gadites and Dibonites…
The Book of Chronicles updates and reinterprets Deuteronomy’s court system.
The Book of Chronicles updates and reinterprets Deuteronomy’s court system.
Do the boundaries of the Land of Canaan in the Torah reflect a 13th century Egyptian province or a 7th century conquest by Pharaoh Necho?
Do the boundaries of the Land of Canaan in the Torah reflect a 13th century Egyptian province or a 7th century conquest by Pharaoh Necho?
A Tour of the Borders and the Problems
A Tour of the Borders and the Problems
Deuteronomy’s legal system is complex, combining descriptions of how law actually functioned with elements of ideal law.
Deuteronomy’s legal system is complex, combining descriptions of how law actually functioned with elements of ideal law.
Historical symbolism and the position of the tribe of Benjamin
Historical symbolism and the position of the tribe of Benjamin
The Bible has three different maps of Gad and Reuben’s territory all set in the conquest period: Num 32, Josh 13, and Josh 21/1 Chron 6. How are we to understand these shifting depictions of Israelite Transjordan?
The Bible has three different maps of Gad and Reuben’s territory all set in the conquest period: Num 32, Josh 13, and Josh 21/1 Chron 6. How are we to understand these shifting depictions of Israelite Transjordan?
The land God promises to Abraham, the land Moses is commanded to conquer, and the land upon which the Israelites actually dwelt.
The land God promises to Abraham, the land Moses is commanded to conquer, and the land upon which the Israelites actually dwelt.
