Ancient sites in Galilee : a toponymic gazetteer / by Salomon E. Grootkerk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grootkerk, Salomon E.

Contributor:

Grootkerk, Salomon E.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Geographical--Israel--Galilee.

Names, Geographical.

Galilee (Israel)--Name.

Galilee (Israel).

Galilee (Israel)--Gazetteers.

Galilee (Israel)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An inventory of all ancient sites now known in Galilee. The book is divided into 32 regions, each represented by a map. Each map has its sites numbered. The accompanying lists explain all sites chronologically, and identify the names the sites have carried in subsequent periods.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Map No. 1: The Western Galilean coastal area. Rosh HaNiqra-Nahariyya-Acre; Map No. 2: Western Galilee Hanita-Kefar Yasif; Map No. 3: Montfort-Yehiam; Map No. 4: Shomera, Fassuta, Tarshiba; Map No. 5: Hurfesh, Peqi'in, Rama; Map No. 6: Central Upper Galilee: Sassa-Beth Jann; Map No. 7: Gush Halav (Jish)-Meiron; Map No. 8: Alma-Zefat; Map No. 9: Eastern Galilee, the river Yordan; Map No. 10: North-Eastern Galilee (The Panhandle) Qiriat Shemoneh; Map No. 11: The Haifa Bay Area (Zevulun) Acre-Haifa North East; Map No. 12: Acre-Zefat Road. Kefar Ata

Map No. 13: Yas'ur, Kabul, Shefar-AmMap No. 14: Shegev; Map No. 15: Bana, Karmiel, Sahnin, Yodfat; Map No. 16: Central Lower Galilee. Araba; Map No. 17: Maghar, Eilabun; Map No. 18: Eastern Lower Galilee Parod, Hitim; Map No. 19: West of Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Ginosar; Map No. 20: Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Teveriya; Map No. 21: Tivon, Beth Sha'arim; Map No. 22: Beth Lehem, HaYogev; Map No. 23: Migdal HaEmek, Sarid; Map No. 24: Nazareth-Afula; Map No. 25: Giveat HaMoreh; Map No. 26: Har Tavor (Tabor); Map No. 27: Kefar Kish, Gazit; Map No. 28: Yavneel, Belvoir

Map No. 29: Kinneret-NaharaimMap No. 30: En Harod; Map No. 31: Beth Shan Area; Map No. 32: The Lower Yordan in Galilee, Maoz Hayyim; Bibliography; Index of Site Names; Index of Historical Site Names; Special Groups Listed According to Map Order

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Related Work:

Grootkerk, Salomon E. Atarim ʻatiḳim.

ISBN:

1-280-46413-5

9786610464135

1-4175-3672-1

90-474-0027-5

OCLC:

614799024