TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shanks,Hershel
AU  - Cole,Dan P.
ED  - Biblical Archaeology Society.
TI  - Early Israel
T2  - Archaeology and the Bible : the best of BAR
SN  - 0961308958 :
AV  - BS620 .E274 1990
U1  - 221.9/3 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Biblical Archaeology Society
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - To 1200 B.C
KW  - Bijbelse archeologie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Middle East
N1  - 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
ER  -