An Archaeological Study on the Formation of Monotheism in Ancient Israel

通过对以色列泰尔恩盖夫的考古发掘，出土了宗教文物，指出了新赫梯文化对古代以色列及其邻国建立的影响。还开展了对宗教文物的研究，如来自‘en Gev的印章和犹太柱子雕像；通过它们揭示了迦南时期的多神教并不是简单地延续到以色列时期。此外，2011年8月，组织了一次国际会议，讨论古代以色列及其邻国文化对古代西亚主要女神之一阿斯塔特的不同态度。

Through the archaeological excavations at Tel' En Gev, Israel, religious artifacts were unearthed and the influence of Neo-Hittite culture on establishment of ancient Israel and its neighboring kingdoms was pointed out. Studies on religious artifacts such as a stamp seal from' En Gev and the Judean Pillar Figurines were also carried out ; through them it was revealed that polytheism during the Canaanite period was not simply continued through the Israelite period. Furthermore, in August 2011, an international conference was organized to discuss different attitudes toward Astarte, one of the major goddesses in the ancient west Asia, between ancient Israel and its neighboring cultures.