FOR A COPY OF THIS ARTICLE PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL Abstract: This study aims to discuss the formation of Israelite identity vis-à-vis the formation of the Israelite monarchies (Israel, Judah), while highlighting its kinship association. In order to do so, I first discuss the material remains and settlement patterns in the Iron I–IIA central Canaanite Highlands and the adjacent valleys (Jezreel, Beth-Shean and the central Jordan). Consequently, and in light of the archaeological discussion, I further elaborate on biblical and extra biblical textual sources that may shed light on the nature of Israelite identity and its consolidation vis-à-vis the process of state formation. Full citation: Sergi, O. 2019. Israelite Identity and the Formation of the Israelite Polities in the Iron I-IIA Central Canaanite Highlands. Welts des Orients 49: 206–235.

An introduction to the "Identity" discourse in regard to Bronze and Iron Age Levantine Societies. FOR A COPY OF THE ARTICLE PLEASE CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL ONLY Full citation: Sergi, O. 2019. (Re)Constructing Identities in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant. Welts des Orients 49: 146–150.

Full citation: Sergi, O. 2017. The Battle of Ramoth-gilead and the Rise of the Aramaean Hegemony in the Southern Levant during the Second Half of the 9th Century BCE. In: Berlejung, A., Maeir, A.M. and Schüle, A. eds. Wandering Aramaean: Aramaeans Outside Syria – Textual and Archaeological Perspectives (LAOS 5). Wiesbaden: 81–97.