Mitka R Golub
2014-current: Research Fellow, Hebrew University, Israel
2011-2014: Ph.D. in Archaeology, Hebrew University, Israel
Title of dissertation: Personal Names in the Land of Israel during the Iron Age II: Archaeological and Biblical Sources.
2008-2011: MA with highest honors in Archaeology, Hebrew University, Israel
Research Interests:
• Expanding the ethnic, historical and theological insights that come from the geographical mapping of archeological findings such as names.
• Enriching our understanding of the relationship between Archaeology and the biblical text through the comparison of archaeological and biblical onomastica.
• New approaches to statistical authenticity testing of unprovenanced groups of artifacts.
Projects:
• Creating and maintaining a website—onomasticon.net—a comprehensive collection of personal names and their various characteristics from the Iron II Southern Levant. The personal names were collected from epigraphic artifacts found in archaeological excavations of Israel, Judah, and neighboring kingdoms. These artifacts were gathered from corpora, excavation reports, books on Iron Age II epigraphy, and relevant journal articles. The onomasticon can be easily searched according to its different categories, such as name, artifact type, artifact site, territorial affiliation, and prefixed/suffixed theophoric element. The articles listed below illustrate the use of this digital tool for onomastic, archaeological, and biblical research.
• Creating a database of all personal names mentioned in the Bible in the context of the Land of Israel and Transjordan during the First Temple period. Each entry in the database includes an individual mentioned in the bible with all the forms of his/her name(s), biblical source for the name(s), date by century, political affiliation, type of name, theophoric element, and more.
Excavated in Khirbet Qeiyafa, Tel Rehov, Jerusalem (Mamilla), and Tel Tsaf.
Phone: +972-54-4987451
Address: The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, ISRAEL
2011-2014: Ph.D. in Archaeology, Hebrew University, Israel
Title of dissertation: Personal Names in the Land of Israel during the Iron Age II: Archaeological and Biblical Sources.
2008-2011: MA with highest honors in Archaeology, Hebrew University, Israel
Research Interests:
• Expanding the ethnic, historical and theological insights that come from the geographical mapping of archeological findings such as names.
• Enriching our understanding of the relationship between Archaeology and the biblical text through the comparison of archaeological and biblical onomastica.
• New approaches to statistical authenticity testing of unprovenanced groups of artifacts.
Projects:
• Creating and maintaining a website—onomasticon.net—a comprehensive collection of personal names and their various characteristics from the Iron II Southern Levant. The personal names were collected from epigraphic artifacts found in archaeological excavations of Israel, Judah, and neighboring kingdoms. These artifacts were gathered from corpora, excavation reports, books on Iron Age II epigraphy, and relevant journal articles. The onomasticon can be easily searched according to its different categories, such as name, artifact type, artifact site, territorial affiliation, and prefixed/suffixed theophoric element. The articles listed below illustrate the use of this digital tool for onomastic, archaeological, and biblical research.
• Creating a database of all personal names mentioned in the Bible in the context of the Land of Israel and Transjordan during the First Temple period. Each entry in the database includes an individual mentioned in the bible with all the forms of his/her name(s), biblical source for the name(s), date by century, political affiliation, type of name, theophoric element, and more.
Excavated in Khirbet Qeiyafa, Tel Rehov, Jerusalem (Mamilla), and Tel Tsaf.
Phone: +972-54-4987451
Address: The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, ISRAEL
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The paper reports two studies illustrating the use of this new digital tool for onomastic, archaeological, and biblical research: 1) The distribution of theophoric elements in Israelite and Judean names, which reveals different onomastic characteristics for each group, and points to the spread of Yahwism; and 2) A chronological analysis of the orthography of personal names with the element אור in epigraphic artifacts from Israel and Judah, which demonstrates the development of internal matres lectionis in Ancient Hebrew.
The study reveals significant differences between Israelite and Judean names in theophoric elements, popular roots, and the use of patronyms, supporting the argument that Israel and Judah were distinct political and cultural entities. However, similarities were found in the distribution of name types and various forms of hypocoristic names. These similarities may indicate a connection between the two entities or their shared influences from neighboring cultures.
The paper reports two studies illustrating the use of this new digital tool for onomastic, archaeological, and biblical research: 1) The distribution of theophoric elements in Israelite and Judean names, which reveals different onomastic characteristics for each group, and points to the spread of Yahwism; and 2) A chronological analysis of the orthography of personal names with the element אור in epigraphic artifacts from Israel and Judah, which demonstrates the development of internal matres lectionis in Ancient Hebrew.
The study reveals significant differences between Israelite and Judean names in theophoric elements, popular roots, and the use of patronyms, supporting the argument that Israel and Judah were distinct political and cultural entities. However, similarities were found in the distribution of name types and various forms of hypocoristic names. These similarities may indicate a connection between the two entities or their shared influences from neighboring cultures.