The archaeology of the Holy Land : from the destruction of Solomon's Temple to the Muslim conquest /
"In the heart of the ancient Near East (modern Middle East) and at a crossroads between once mighty powers such as Assyria to the east and Egypt to the south is a tiny piece of land -- roughly the size of New Jersey -- that is as contested as it is sacred. One cannot even name this territory wi...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Call Number: DS111 .M324 2012
Table of Contents:
- •1. Introduction •2. The topography and early history of Jerusalem (to 586 BCE) •3. The Babylonian (586-539 BCE) and Persian (539-332 BCE) periods •4. The early Hellenistic period (332-167 BCE) •5. The late Hellenistic (Hasmonean) period (167-40 BCE) •6. The archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls •7. The early Roman (Herodian) period (40 BCE-70 CE): Jerusalem •8. The early Roman (Herodian) period (40 BCE-70 CE): Caesarea Maritima, Samaria-Sebaste, Herodian Jericho, and Herodium •9. The early Roman (Herodian) period (40 BCE-70 CE): Jesus' birth and Galilean setting •10. The early Roman (Herodian) period (40 BCE-70 CE): Masada •11. Ancient Jewish tombs and burial customs (to 70 CE) •12. From 70 CE to the Bar Kokhba Revolt (135/136 CE) (the Second Jewish Revolt against the Romans) •13. Aelia Capitolina (Hadrianic Jerusalem) (135 to ca. 500 CE) •14. Roman and the late antique period synagogues in Palestine •15. The Byzantine (early Christian) period (313-640 CE): Jerusalem •16. The Byzantine (early Christian) period (313-640 CE): Palestine under Christian rule •17. Epilogue: early Islamic Jerusalem (638-750 CE)