Who were the Moabites in the first millennium BCE?
- Jona Lendering, livius.org (2009), “Moab”
- Bruce Routledge, Bible Odyssey (n.d.), “Moab”
- Megan Sauter, Bible History Daily (2016), “Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible?”
- Aurelie Jouvenel, Atlas of Jordan (2013), “The Iron Age and the Persian Period (1200-332 BC)”
- Klaus Beyer, in Languages from the World of the Bible, ed. H. Gzella (2011), “The Languages of Transjordan [including Moabite]”
Moabite Religion
- Collin Cornell, The Ancient Near East Today (2017), “Kemosh, YHWH’s Counterpart and ‘Abomination'”
- P.M. Michèle Daviau, Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan (2001), “New Light on Iron Age Religious Iconography: The Evidence from Moab”
- P.M. Michèle Daviau, Scholars Commons @ Laurier (2000), “A Moabite Sanctuary at Khirbet al-Mudayna”
- Known members of the divine pantheon: Kemosh (also Chemosh; M), Ashtar-Kemosh (also Ashtar-Chemosh; F), Nebo / Nabu (M)
Moabite Archaeology and Inscriptions
- The Moabite Stone / Mesha Stele (The Louvre Museum)
- BAS Staff, Bible History Daily (2013), “Bible Artifacts Found Outside the Trench: The Moabite Stone”
- Taylor Luck, The Jordan Times (via terraeantiqvae.com; 2010), “3,000 year-old Moabite Temple Unearthed near Dhiban (Jordan)”
- The Deir ‘Alla Inscription (livius.org)
- Christopher Rollston, rollstonepigraphy.com (2013), “The Ninth Century ‘Moabite Pedestal Inscription’ from King Mesha’s Ataruz”
- Selected Archaeological Sites: Atarot / Ataruz, Heshbon / Hisban, Medeba / Madaba, Dibon / Dhiban, Zoara / Ghor Safi, Khirbet el-Mudayna
Gods of the Biblical World 