Gibeon, where the sun stood still : the discovery of the Biblical city / James B. Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchard, James B. (James Bennett), 1909-1997.

Contributor:

Pritchard, James B. (James Bennett), 1909-1997, Editor.

Series:

Princeton Studies on the Near East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Antiquities.

Bible.

Al Jīb--Antiquities.

Al Jīb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : (200 pages) : illustrations illustrations

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1962.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first book-length presentation of the results of our excavations at el-Jib has been written for the general reader who is concerned with the contribution that archaeology has made to the biblical history of the site.... In telling the story of Gibeon I have tried to show how the tale of the city unfolded week by week and year by year through excavation and study. I have sought to give in these pages a personally conducted tour, as it were, of the ruins of ancient Gibeon and what we have seen in them.... The results of the excavations at el-Jib are unique in that they can be related with a high degree of certainty to specific events described in the Old Testament. For the first time in the history of scientific archaeology in the land of the Bible an actual place name of a biblical city, neatly incised on clay, has been found under circumstances which make certain the identification of the name with the ruins.--from the Preface

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TEXT DRAWINGS

I . EL-JIB, THE SITE OF GIBEON

II. THE LINK WITH THE BIBLE

III. DRAWERS OF WATER

IV. MAKERS OF WINE

V. EVERYDAY LIFE

VI. THE NECROPOLIS

VII. THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY

APPENDIX

The Staff at el-Jib

Chronology of Preliminary Reports

INDEX

Notes:

"First Princeton paperback edition, 1973."

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613589798

9781280494567

1280494565

9781400843183

1400843189

OCLC:

794412995