Through the Ages in Palestinian Archaeology: An Introductory HandbookThe public s continuing fascination with Near Eastern archaeology has often been frustrated by highly technical and specialized studies. This volume masterfully rectifies that situation. Here, in concise and readable form, is a comprehensive introduction to Palestinian archaeology (the region encompassed by the State of Israel, the West Bank, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) from the Stone Age to the Islamic period. Readers are provided with clear explanations of unfamiliar terms, geographical locations, dates, archaeological procedures, links with biblical text, and the like. Photo illustrations enhance the presentation throughout. Selected bibliographies for each chapter direct readers to appropriate resources for additional information. Through the Ages of Palestinian Archaeology constitutes a handy reference both for those already familiar with archaeology and for those who know little of why archaeologists do what they do and what can be learned from their work and their discoveries. Walter E. Rast is Professor in the Department of Theology at Valparaiso University in Indiana. He is second vice-president of the American Schools of Oriental Research and former editor of the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. With R. Thomas Schaub, he is author/editor of The Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain Series whose first volume, Bab ed-Dhra, is now in print. |
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Table des matières
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| 86 | |
Two Peoples Contending for the Land | 102 |
The Growth and Decline of the Divided States | 130 |
Persians Greeks and Jewish Revolt | 145 |
The Coming of Rome | 160 |
Jews and Christians during Roman and Byzantine Times | 176 |
Muslims Christians and Jews during the Islamic Period | 191 |
Epilogue | 206 |
Select Bibliography | 209 |
Index | 217 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Abbasid ancient Palestine appeared Arabic Arad archaeological archaeological remains Bab edh-Dhra began Bible biblical Bronze Age cities building built burials burnished Byzantine period Caesarea Canaanite cave century B.C.E. Chalcolithic Christian chronology church construction Crusader culture dating David Dead Sea Dynasty earlier Early Bronze Age east eastern EB IA EB IB EB III cities Egypt Egyptian Esdraelon Plain evidence example Gezer Hazor Hebrew Hellenistic hill country human important Iron Age Islamic period Israel Israelite Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jordan River Jordan valley Judah kingdom Lachish land Late Bronze Age Late Chalcolithic later located Mamluk Mediterranean Megiddo Middle Bronze Age modern Nahal Negev Neolithic occupation Paleolithic Palestine Persian period phase Philistines population pottery region Roman settlement Shechem Shephelah social Solomon stone synagogue Taanach Tell temple tombs Umayyad urban vessels village Wadi wall
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Page 17 - Fittingly, the emblem of this top tourist resort is the lily of the Sharon, recalling the Song of Songs, "I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley" (Cant. 2:1). Originally planned as a citrus-growing centre and named in honour of the American philanthropist Nathan Strauss, Netanya has instead developed on the strength of its inherent beauty. It is extremely popular with tourists and Israelis. They come for the invigorating sea breezes...
Page 179 - The holy shrines are two, — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
Page 42 - ... its prosperity as a nation fluctuated. The rise and fall of the Nile, and the consequent time to sow and to reap crops, was the origin of mathematical investigation, for which the ancient Egyptians became celebrated. Out of it arose the fixed year — first, twelve lunar months ; then, twelve solar months of thirty days each, with five days added at the end of the last mouth to insure the return of the seasons at fixed periods. Even then error became apparent, and in the course of time the addition...
Page 30 - Let my lord know that we are watching for the signals of Lachish ... for we cannot see [the signals] of Azekah.
Page 122 - Egypt at the end of the eleventh and beginning of the tenth centuries BC, renders me unable to give the name of the Pharaoh reigning at this period.
Page 11 - He did not find contradictions between the truths he discovered by scientific investigation on the one hand and study of the Bible on the other.
Page 22 - East bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, the Arabian Desert on the east, the Litani River on the north, and the Gaza Valley on the south.
Page 32 - To be closer to his new holdings Joseph moved his family to Florissant, now a suburb of St. Louis. Here the Robidoux lived until about 1 806 when the property was sold to John Mullanphy, still a famous name in St. Louis. If St. Louis was one of the most important cities in the history of the West, Florissant was a close second. Within three or four blocks of the Robidoux home on Rue St. Charles, were families that have become almost legendary in the tales of the early, unassembled, undigested expanse...
Page 86 - It will be seen in the second part of this chapter that the Late Bronze Age has fewer such problems.

