Studies in the archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan / edited by Amihai Mazar ; with the assistance of Ginny Mathias.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazar, Amihay, 1942-

Mathias, Ginny

Institute of Jewish Studies (London, England)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 331.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 331

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron age.

Israel--Antiquities.

Israel.

Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Iron age--Israel.

Jordan--Antiquities.

Jordan.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jordan.

Iron age--Jordan.

Physical Description:

337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [2001]

Contents:

The monarchic period in the Judaean highland / Avi Ofer

The heart of the monarchy / Adam Zertal

Phoenicians in Western Galilee / Gunnar Lehmann

Agricultural terraces and settlement expansion in the highlands of early Iron Age Palestine / Shimon Gibson

The high places of biblical Dan / Avraham Biran

The date of the temple at Arad / Ze'ev Herzog

Between archaeology and theology / Raz Kletter

Figurines, figures and contexts in Jerusalem and regions to the East in the seventh and sixth centuries BCE / Kay Prag

Ištar as depicted on finds from Israel / Tallay Ornan

A room with a view / Norma Franklin

Jerusalem in the tenth and seventh centuries BCE / Margreet Steiner

Beth Shean during Iron Age II / Amihai Mazar

Busayra and Judah / Piotr Bienkowski and Leonie Sedman.

Notes:

Based on a colloquium initiated and organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College, London, 16-17, April 1996--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1841272035

OCLC:

47906857