The settlement of Jerusalem's western hill and the City's status in iron age II revisited

Abstract

The accumulation of new data from recent excavations and surveys, both within and outside Jerusalem, and especially the publication of the first two volumes of the final report of the Jewish Quarter excavations (Avigad/Geva 2000; Geva [ed.] 2003), call for a new evalua tion of Iron Age Jerusalem. Geva, who is publishing the Jewish Quarter excavations, has recently offered a thought provoking synthesis (below). Triggered by Geva's interpretations, along with the accumulation of the new data, it is the aim of the present paper to reanalyze the urban fabric and demographic composition of Jerusalem, and especially its Western Hill, during Iron Age II. The first part of the paper will, in light of the above, reexamine Geva's suggestions. The second part of the paper will discuss additional evidence for Jerusalem's status, mainly from finds discovered outside the city walls. The third part will reconstruct the 8th century city, including social aspects, settlement, and urban processes. The fourth part will discuss the chronology of these settlement processes, and the fifth part will reexamine the demography of Jerusalem at its height.

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