Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah
Title | Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah PDF eBook |
Author | Shlomo Bunimovitz |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 802 |
Release | 2016-05-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1575064537 |
Excavations at Beth-Shemesh are actually a story within a story. On the one hand, they are the story of the archaeology of the Land of Israel in a nutshell: from the pioneering days of the Palestine Exploration Fund, through the “Golden Age” of American biblical archaeology, to current Israeli and international archaeology. On the other hand, they are the fascinating story of a border site that was constantly changing its face due to its geopolitical location in the Sorek Valley in the Shephelah—a juncture of Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite entities and cultures. It is no wonder that two celebrated biblical border epics—Samson’s encounters with the Philistines and the Ark narrative—took real or imagined place around Beth-Shemesh. In this report, summarizing the first ten years (1990–2000) of archaeological work in the ongoing project of the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh, the authors have strived to tell anew the story of the Iron Age people of Beth-Shemesh as exposed and interpreted. Using the best theoretical and methodological tools that modern archaeology has made available, every effort has been made to keep in view archaeology’s fundamental duty—to read the ancient people behind the decayed walls and shattered pottery vessels and bring alive their lost world. Furthermore, the story of ancient Beth-Shemesh has been written in a way that will enable scholars, students, and other interested people to learn and understand the life of the communities living at Beth-Shemesh. As a result, the book is organized in a manner different from usual archaeological site reports. The two volumes will be essential for anyone who wishes the best and latest information on this important site.
Tel Beth-Shemesh
Title | Tel Beth-Shemesh PDF eBook |
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Release | 2016 |
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Tel Beth-Shemesh
Title | Tel Beth-Shemesh PDF eBook |
Author | Shelomoh Bunimovits |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 774 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Archaeological surveying |
ISBN | 9781575064505 |
"Published for the Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology, Tel Aviv University"-- Title page verso.
Tel Beth-Shemesh
Title | Tel Beth-Shemesh PDF eBook |
Author | Shelomoh Bunimovits |
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Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
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ISBN | 9781575064529 |
The Excavations of Beth Shemesh, November–December 1912
Title | The Excavations of Beth Shemesh, November–December 1912 PDF eBook |
Author | Duncan MacKenzie |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 150 |
Release | 2015-12-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317247957 |
In 1909 the Scottish archaeologist Duncan Mackenzie, Sir Arthur Evans’s right-hand man on the excavations of the legendary ‘Palace of Minos’ at Knossos since 1900, was appointed ‘Explorer’ of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF). From the spring of 1910 until December 1912 he was engaged in archaeological fieldwork in Palestine, especially directing excavation campaigns at Ain Shems (biblical Beth Shemesh) – an important site in the Shephelah of Judah at the crossroads of Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite cultures. Mackenzie published the results of his work in various issues of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly and Palestine Exploration Fund Annual. Because of a financial dispute with the PEF, however, he never submitted a detailed publication of his very last campaign at Beth Shemesh, conducted in November–December 1912. In 1992 Nicoletta Momigliano rediscovered Mackenzie’s lost manuscript on his latest discoveries at Beth Shemesh, which one of his nephews had kept for nearly 80 years at his old family home in the Scottish Highlands, in the small village of Muir of Ord. At about the same time, Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman initiated new excavations at Beth Shemesh which considerably changed previous interpretations of the site. This volume presents Mackenzie’s detailed discussion of his last excavations at Beth Shemesh in the light of these more recent discoveries. Although written over a century ago, Mackenzie’s manuscript deserves to be better known today; it not only provides significant new information on this important site but also constitutes an intriguing historical document, shedding light on the history of field archaeology and of biblical archaeology. Moreover, Mackenzie’s pioneering approach to archaeological fieldwork and the significance of his finds can often be better appreciated today, from the perspective of more recent developments and discoveries.
Growing Up in Ancient Israel
Title | Growing Up in Ancient Israel PDF eBook |
Author | Kristine Henriksen Garroway |
Publisher | SBL Press |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2018-11-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0884142965 |
The first expansive reference examining the texts and material culture related to children in ancient Israel Growing Up in Ancient Israel uses a child-centered methodology to investigate the world of children in ancient Israel. Where sources from ancient Israel are lacking, the book turns to cross-cultural materials from the ancient Near East as well as archaeological, anthropological, and ethnographic sources. Acknowledging that childhood is both biologically determined and culturally constructed, the book explores conception, birth, infancy, dangers in childhood, the growing child, dress, play, and death. To bridge the gap between the ancient world and today’s world, Kristine Henriksen Garroway introduces examples from contemporary society to illustrate how the Hebrew Bible compares with a Western understanding of children and childhood. Features: More than fifty-five illustrations illuminating the world of the ancient Israelite child An extensive investigation of parental reactions to the high rate of infant mortality and the deaths of infants and children An examination of what the gendering and enculturation process involved for an Israelite child
The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition
Title | The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Stahl |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 498 |
Release | 2021-03-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004447725 |
In The “God of Israel” in History and Tradition, Michael Stahl examines the historical and ideological significances of the formulaic title “god of Israel” (’elohe yisra’el) in the Hebrew Bible using critical theory on social power and identity.