Shechem : the biography of a Biblical city /

Shechem : the biography of a Biblical city /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1909-1974.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965, ©1964.
Description:	xviii, 270 pages, 78 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Norton lectures of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ; 1963 Norton lectures of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Subject:	Shechem (Extinct city) West Bank -- Antiquites. West Bank. West Bank -- Shechem (Extinct city)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13201747

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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Other form:	Online version: Wright, George Ernest, 1909-1974. Shechem. 1st ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965, ©1964 Online version: Wright, George Ernest, 1909-1974. Shechem. 1st ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1965, ©1964

Table of Contents:

Locating an ancient city
Shechem, "The uncrowned queen of Palestine"
The first excavations of Shechem
The Drew-McCormick Expedition
The fortification of the city
The Temple of El-berith
The courtyard temples
The sacred area of Shechem in early biblical tradition
Israelite Shechem
The Samaritans at Shechem
Principles of field technique / Lawrence E. Toombs
Shechem in the Amarna Archive / Edward F. Campbell, Jr.
Two cuneiform tablets from Shechem / Edward F. Campbell, Jr.
Water sources in the vicinity / Robert J. Bull
The stratification of the temple forecourt / Lawrence E. Toombs
Two pottery groups of Middle Bronze Shechem / Joe Dick Seger
Some black- and red-figured attic ware / Nancy R. Lapp.