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The Ammonites are one of the frequent antagonists of ancient Israel. This wealthy urban polity sits beneath the modern day city of Amman in Jordan. What do we know of it's ancient history? What does the Bible tell us about these people? And what can archaeology contribute to our knowledge about these foes of ancient Israel?
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Philip Webb, "Ammon," in the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville, Holman Reference: 2015.
Edward Lipinski, On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical Researches. Leuven: Peeters Publishing, 2006.
Oded Lipschits, “Ammon in Transition from Vassal Kingdom to Babylonian Province,” BASOR 335 (2004): 35-50
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Øystein LaBianca and Randall Younker, “The Kingdoms of Ammon, Moab, and Edom: The Archaeology of Society in the Late Bronze/Iron Age Transjordan (CA. 1400-500 BCE),” in The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, edited by Thomas E. Levy. London: Leicester University Press, 1995.
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00:38 The Ammonites in the Bible
03:28 The land of the Ammonites
05:55 A History of the Ammonites
07:40 Ammonite Kings (statuary)
08:53 Milcom (Molek) and Ammonite gods
09:53 Later Ammonite History
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