Aramaean Borders: Defining Aramaean Territories in the 10th - 8th Centuries B.C.E.

This book is devoted to the analysis of borders of the Aramaean polities and territories during the 10th-8th centuries B.C.E. Specialists dealing with various types of documents (Neo-Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, Neo-Hittite and Hebrew texts), invited by Jan Dusek and Jana Mynarova, addressed the topic of the borders of the Aramaean territories in the context of the history of three geographical areas during the first three centuries of the 1st millennium B.C.E.: northern Mesopotamia and the Assyrian space, northern Levant, and southern Levant. The book is particularly relevant to those interested in the history and historical geography of the Levant during the Iron Age.

Studies directly relevant to ancient Israel and others demonstrating historical geography’s limitations make an instructive volume.

-Alan Millard, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44.5 (2020)