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  • The City in Roman Palestineby Daniel Sperber

    Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 109.99

    This work uses rabbinic texts, classical sources, and archaeological evidence to describe what a typical Palestinian city looked like, and how it operated. It provides a background for understanding everyday life in the urban environment of the New Testament. more...

  • Just Past?by Raz Kletter

    Equinox Publishing Ltd 2005; US$ 45.00

    During the last decade substantive changes have occurred in the way that archaeology is conducted in the 'Holy Land' as indeed throughout the Near East but one thing never seems to change: archaeology in Israel/Palestine always takes on a political dimension. This book tells the story of the creation of Israeli Archaeology in the 1950s and... more...

  • The Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135by James J. Bloom

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 45.00

    During the first and second centuries A.D., the supremacy of the Roman Empire was aggressively challenged by three Jewish rebellions. The facts surrounding the initial uprising of A.D. 66-74 have been filtered through the biased accounts of Judeao Roman historian Flavius Josephus. Primary information regarding the subsequent Diaspora Revolt (A.D. 115-117)... more...

  • Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacitiesby Chad S. Spigel

    Mohr Siebeck 2012; US$ 140.23

    Hauptbeschreibung After the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, the primary form of Jewish worship in Palestine shifted from offering sacrifices in Jerusalem to non-sacrificial forms of worship in local synagogue buildings. While the literary and archaeological evidence from the first few centuries CE makes this shift clear, the evidence is less... more...

  • Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices and Rites in the Second Temple Periodby Rachel Hachlili

    BRILL 2004; US$ 247.00

    This publication outlines the material preserved in the ancient Jewish cemeteries in the Land of Israel and provides a comprehensive and instructive study of Jewish funerary customs, practices, and rituals relating to death, burial and mourning, as well as addressing the meaning of Jewish funerary art and tradition. more...

  • Jesus and the Ossuariesby Craig A. Evans

    Baylor University Press 2003; US$ 24.95

    In Jesus and the Ossuaries, Craig A. Evans helps all readers, expert and layperson alike, understand the importance this recent find might have for the quest for the historical Jesus and any historical reconstruction of early Christianity. Evans does this by providing an overview of the most important archaeological discoveries, before examining nine... more...

  • The Bible and Radiocarbon Datingby Thomas E. Levy; Thomas Higham

    Equinox Publishing Ltd 2005; US$ 47.45

    This title brings together a leading team of archaeologists, Egyptologists, Biblical scholars, radiocarbon dating specialists and other researchers who have embraced radiocarbon dating as a significant tool to test hypotheses concerning the historicity of aspects of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible. more...

  • Archaeology of Israelby Neil Asher Silberman; David B. Small

    Continuum International Publishing 1997; US$ 170.00

    This challenging volume offers a timely and extensive overview of the current state of archaeology in Israel. Contributed by leading scholars, the essays focus on current problems and cutting-edge issues, ranging from reviews of ongoing excavations to new analytical approaches. Of interest not only to archaeologists, but to social historians as well,... more...

  • Land that I Will Show Youby J. Andrew Dearman; M. Patrick Graham

    Continuum International Publishing 2002; US$ 160.00

    A collection of seventeen articles by colleagues and former students of Professor J. Maxwell Miller who taught at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. The papers deal with the history, chronology, geography, archaeology and epigraphy of ancient Israel and its setting in the Levant, and range from broad methodological discussions of historiography... more...

  • Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordanby Amihai Mazar

    Continuum International Publishing 2001; US$ 160.00

    Thirteen essays on the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan, covering settlement patterns, iconography, cult, palaeography and the archaeology of certain key sites. This volume offers an exceptionally informed update in a fast-moving area of discovery and interpretation. The first section deals with spatial archaeology and settlement patterns, all the papers... more...