Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan
Title | Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan PDF eBook |
Author | Amihai Mazar |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2001-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567194175 |
Thirteen essays on the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan, covering settlement patterns, iconography, cult, palaeography and the archaeology of certain key sites. This volume offers an exceptionally informed update in a fast-moving area of discovery and interpretation. The first section deals with spatial archaeology and settlement patterns, all the papers based on the fieldwork by A. Zertal in Samaria, A. Ofer in Judah, G. Lehmann in the Akko Plain, and S. Gibson in various areas in the hill country of Israel. The second section covers religion and iconography. The two single Iron Age temples known today in Israel, at Dan and Arad, are discussed by A. Biran and Z. Herzog. R. Kletter and K. Prag discuss clay figurines and other cult objects; T. Ornan identifies Ishtar on a number of seals and on a silver pendant; and N. Franklin examines the iconography and meaning of the wall relief in Room V at Sargon's palace in Khorsabad. The last section includes three studies related to specific sites. M. Steiner considers urban development in Jerusalem during Iron Age II; A. Mazar presents data from Iron Age II Beth Shean, and P. Bienkowski and L. Sedman discuss finds from Buseirah, the capital of Edom.
Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan
Title | Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan PDF eBook |
Author | Amihai Mazar |
Publisher | Sheffield Academic Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
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These 13 essays, taken from papers given at a colloquium held at University College London in 1996, focus specifically on the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan.
The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Southern Canaan
Title | The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Southern Canaan PDF eBook |
Author | Aren M. Maeir |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2019-07-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3110628376 |
The Late Bronze Age in the Levant is a period of much interest to archaeologists, historians and biblical scholars. This is a period with intense international relations, rich in ancient sources, which provide historical data for the period, and is a crucial formative period for the peoples and cultures who play central roles in the Hebrew Bible. Recent archaeological research in Israel and surrounding countries has provided new, exciting, and in some cases, groundbreaking finds, interpretations and understanding of this period. The fourteen papers in this volume represent the proceedings of a conference held at Bar-Ilan University in 2014 (with the additional of several invited papers not presented at the conference), which provide both overviews of Late Bronze Age finds from several important sites in Israel and surrounding countries, as well as several synthetic studies on the various issues relating to the period. These papers, by and large, represent a broad view of cuttting edge research in the archaeology of the ancient Levant in general, and on the Late Bronze Age specifically.
Exploring the Narrative
Title | Exploring the Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | Eveline van der Steen |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2014-01-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567655377 |
This volume brings together a number of scholars who use archaeology as a tool to question the sometimes easy assumptions made by historians and biblical scholars about the past. It combines essays from both archaeologists and biblical scholars whose subject matter, whilst differing widely in both geographical and chronological terms, also shares a critical stance used to examine the relationship between 'dirt' archaeology and the biblical world as presented to us through written sources.
The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond
Title | The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence E. Stager |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 545 |
Release | 2018-07-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9004369805 |
James A. Sauer was for many years the Director of the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan, leading it to the preeminent place it now occupies as a research institution dedicated to the archaeology and history of Transjordan. This volume honors him, with more than 50 contributions from colleagues and friends. With this volume, the Harvard Semitic Museum inaugurates a new series entitled "Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant."
Bene Israel
Title | Bene Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Fantalkin |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2008-12-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 904744194X |
This collection of twelve papers, dedicated to Professor Israel Finkelstein, deals with various aspects concerning the archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Although the area under discussion runs from southeastern Turkey (Alalakh) down to the arid zones of the Negev Desert, the main emphasis is on the Land of Israel. This collection provides the most recent evaluation of a number of thorny issues in Israeli archaeology during the Bronze and Iron Ages and specifically addresses chronology, state formation, identity, and agency. It offers, inter alia, a fresh look at the burial practices and iconography of the periods disscussed, as well as a re-evaluation of the subsistence economy and settlement patterns. This book is finely illustrated with more than sixty original drawings. “...I cannot but emphasize that this volume contains a collection of very interesting and, in some cases, important studies on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age Levant, a fitting tribute to a consummate teacher and researcher.” Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan University
Ancient Ammon
Title | Ancient Ammon PDF eBook |
Author | Burton MacDonald |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789004107625 |
A state-of-the-art presentation on a people/nation of Transjordan known to readers of the Bible as a neighbor, and often an enemy, of first millennium B.C. Israel. Topics covered in the book's ten chapters include a review of archaeological research in Ammon (R.W. Younker); the emergence of the Ammonites (R.W. Younker); Ammonite territory and sites (B. MacDonald); Ammonite "monumental" and domestic architecture (M. Najjar and P.M.M. Daviau respectively), as well as burial customs and practices (K. Yassine); the ceramic traditions of Central Transjordan (G. London); Ammonite texts and language (W. E. Aufrecht); the religion of the Ammonites (W.E. Aufrecht); and the Ammonites in the late Iron Age and the Persian period (L.G. Herr). Figures and Tables accompany each chapter. In addition, the publication includes an "Excursus" on the salient features of Iron Age tribal kingdoms (O. LaBianca). Each chapter of "Ancient Ammon" includes extensive reference material. The publication is fully indexed.