The city gate in ancient Israel and her neighbors : the form, function, and symbolism of the civic forum in the southern Levant / Daniel A. Frese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frese, Daniel A., author.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 108.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gates--Palestine.

Gates.

Middle East--Antiquities.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"In The City Gate in Ancient Israel and Her Neighbors, Daniel A. Frese provides a wide-ranging portrayal of one of the most prominent social institutions in the kingdoms of the southern Levant during the Iron II period: the use of the city gate as a hub for numerous and diverse civic functions. The book provides an up-to-date description of the architecture of gate complexes based on archaeological evidence, and a systematic description of the many functions of the gate seen in hundreds of texts from the Hebrew Bible and the broader ancient Near East. The final chapters of the book discuss the conceptual significance of gates in Israelite culture, based on idiomatic and symbolic gate terminology in the Hebrew Bible".

Contents:

Gatehouse Architecture : the Ground Floor

Gatehouse Architecture, Part 2 : the Upper Floor

The Architectural Purpose of the Gatehouse

The Use of the Gatehouse

Gate Complexes and City Planning

The Gate as a Public Space

The City Council in the Gate

Other Gate Functions

Figurative Gates

Gate Symbolism

Gates as Boundaries

Summary and Conclusion

Appendix A. Chart of Gatehouse Dimensions

Appendix B. Chart of Average Gatehouse Dimensions

Appendix C. Plans of Gates in Corpus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41667-6

OCLC:

1137859872

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004416673 DOI