The Manasseh Hill Country Survey, Volume I: The Shechem Syncline

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13756-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21/1, 604 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1538 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

The book presents the results of a complete and detailed archaeological survey in the area of ancient Shechem and Samaria. This survey is being conducted since 1978, and it relates to some 400 square kilometers of the heartland of the central hill country of Israel/Palestine. It is a detailed and thorough archaeological and historical work, which deals with the most important area for Biblical and other researches. This territory and its survey is a most valuable tool for every scholar involved in Bible, Theology, Ancient Near Eastern history and other schools concerned.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zertal, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Zertal Ph.D. Tel Aviv University, is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He has dedicated most of his career to the survey of Manasseh and research of that territory. His works include Arubboth, Hepher and the Third Solomonic District (Tel Aviv, 1984), The Israelite Settlement in the Hill Country of Manasseh ( 1988) and The Manasseh Hill Country Survey (Tel Aviv and Haifa, 1992/1996/2000). He is involved in the Manasseh Survey, several excavations and various other activities. He excavated the altar on Mount Ebal, el-Ahwat and other Biblical sites.