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Early Israel / edited by Hershel Shanks & Dan P. Cole.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Archaeology and the Bible ; v. 1.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Biblical Archaeology Society, c1990.Description: x, 325 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0961308958 :
  • 9780961308957
Uniform titles:
  • Biblical archaeology review.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 221.9/3 20
LOC classification:
  • BS620 .E274 1990
Other classification:
  • 11.35
Contents:
SECTION A : The terrain of Abraham and Moses - Beer-sheba and the Sinai wilderness -- Beer-sheba of the patriarchs / Ze'ev Herzog -- Fifteen years in Sinai ; Route through Sinai - why the Israelites fleeing Egypt went south / Itzhaq Beit-Arieh -- SECTION B : In the time of the judges - a visit with an early Isrealite family; evidence for early biblical cult sites -- Visit with Ahilud / Joseph A. Callaway -- Has Joshua's altar been found on Mt. Ebal? / Adam Zertal -- Joshua's altar - an iron age I watchtower / Aharon Kempinski -- How can Kempinski be so wrong! / Adam Zertal -- Queries and comments / Aharon Kempinski, Anson F. Rainey, Michael P. Thompson -- Bronze bull found in Israelite "high place" from the time of the judges / Amihai Mazar -- Two early Israelite cult sites now questioned / Hershel Shanks -- SECTION C : The citadel of Lachish bears the scars of biblical wars -- Answers at Lachish / David Ussishkin -- Destruction of Judean fortress portrayed in dramatic eighth-century B.C. pictures / Hershel Shanks -- Defensive Judean counter-ramp found at Lachish in 1983 season / David Ussishkin -- Mystery of the unexplained chain / Yigael Yadin -- Lachish - key to the Israelite conquest of Canaan? / David Ussishkin -- SECTION D : Arad - an Israelite border fortress -- Arad - an ancient Israelite fortress with a temple to Yahweh / Ze'ev Herzog, Miriam Aharoni, Anson F. Rainey -- SECTION E : Bringing iron and water from the rock - two emerging technologies in ancient Israel -- How iron technology changed the ancient world - and gave the philistines a military edge / James D. Muhly -- How water tunnels worked / Dan Cole -- SECTION F : Voices from the biblical dust - inscriptions from the Israelite period -- Fragments from the book of Balaam found at Deir Alla / André Lemaire -- Did Yahweh have a consort? / Ze'ev Meshel -- Who or what was Yahweh's Asherah? / André Lemaire -- Jeremiah's scribe and confidant speaks from a hoard of clay bullae / Hershel Shanks -- Yadin presents new interpretation of the famous Lachish letters / Oded Borowski -- Saga of Eliashib / Anson F. Rainey
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Selection of articles from the periodical "Biblical archaeology review."

Includes bibliographical references.

SECTION A : The terrain of Abraham and Moses - Beer-sheba and the Sinai wilderness -- Beer-sheba of the patriarchs / Ze'ev Herzog -- Fifteen years in Sinai ; Route through Sinai - why the Israelites fleeing Egypt went south / Itzhaq Beit-Arieh -- SECTION B : In the time of the judges - a visit with an early Isrealite family; evidence for early biblical cult sites -- Visit with Ahilud / Joseph A. Callaway -- Has Joshua's altar been found on Mt. Ebal? / Adam Zertal -- Joshua's altar - an iron age I watchtower / Aharon Kempinski -- How can Kempinski be so wrong! / Adam Zertal -- Queries and comments / Aharon Kempinski, Anson F. Rainey, Michael P. Thompson -- Bronze bull found in Israelite "high place" from the time of the judges / Amihai Mazar -- Two early Israelite cult sites now questioned / Hershel Shanks -- SECTION C : The citadel of Lachish bears the scars of biblical wars -- Answers at Lachish / David Ussishkin -- Destruction of Judean fortress portrayed in dramatic eighth-century B.C. pictures / Hershel Shanks -- Defensive Judean counter-ramp found at Lachish in 1983 season / David Ussishkin -- Mystery of the unexplained chain / Yigael Yadin -- Lachish - key to the Israelite conquest of Canaan? / David Ussishkin -- SECTION D : Arad - an Israelite border fortress -- Arad - an ancient Israelite fortress with a temple to Yahweh / Ze'ev Herzog, Miriam Aharoni, Anson F. Rainey -- SECTION E : Bringing iron and water from the rock - two emerging technologies in ancient Israel -- How iron technology changed the ancient world - and gave the philistines a military edge / James D. Muhly -- How water tunnels worked / Dan Cole -- SECTION F : Voices from the biblical dust - inscriptions from the Israelite period -- Fragments from the book of Balaam found at Deir Alla / André Lemaire -- Did Yahweh have a consort? / Ze'ev Meshel -- Who or what was Yahweh's Asherah? / André Lemaire -- Jeremiah's scribe and confidant speaks from a hoard of clay bullae / Hershel Shanks -- Yadin presents new interpretation of the famous Lachish letters / Oded Borowski -- Saga of Eliashib / Anson F. Rainey