Problem działalności budowlanej Salomona w świetle najnowszych odkryć archeologicznych w Megiddo

Ewa Ronowska

doi:10.21697/ct.2020.90.3.03

Published: 2020-10-06

Vol. 90 No. 3 (2020)

The Problem of Solomon's Building Activity in the Light of the Latest Archaeological Discoveries in Megiddo

Ewa Ronowska

Collectanea Theologica

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2020.90.3.03

Abstract

The article presents the latest arrangements regarding the identification of monumental pillar structures and the gate 2156 at Megiddo, based primarily on the analysis of archaeological data collected during excavations in the 2018 season (gate 2156) and surveys resumed in 1998 and continued in subsequent seasons (city of Stratum IV). These results indicate that monumental buildings discovered in the 1920s, initially connected with the rule of Solomon – stables and a six-chamber gate – in fact, most likely arose during the prosperity of the Northern Kingdom under the rule of the Omrid’s dynasty and Jeroboam II.

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Megiddo, Bible, archeology, Omrids dynasty, JeroboamII, Solomon

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Ronowska, E. (2020). The Problem of Solomon’s Building Activity in the Light of the Latest Archaeological Discoveries in Megiddo. Collectanea Theologica, 90(3), 11–45. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2020.90.3.03

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