The archaeology of the Holy Land : from the destruction of Solomon's Temple to the Muslim conquest /

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Author / Creator:	Magness, Jodi.
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	xiv, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- Antiquities. Bible. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Palestine -- Antiquities. Middle East -- Palestine.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8913433

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ISBN:	9780521195355 (hardback) 0521195357 (hardback) 9780521124133 (pbk.) 0521124131 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 without sparking controversy. Originally called Canaan after its early inhabitants (the Canaanites), it has since been known by various names. To Jews this is Eretz-Israel (the Land of Israel), the Promised Land described by the Hebrew Bible as flowing with milk and honey. To Christians it is the Holy Land where Jesus Christ -- the Messiah or anointed one -- was born, preached, and offered himself as the ultimate sacrifice. Under the Greeks and Romans, it was the province of Judea, a name which hearkened back to the biblical kingdom of Judah. After the Bar-Kokhba revolt ended in 135 C.E., Hadrian renamed the province Syria-Palestina, reviving the memory of the long-vanished kingdom of Philistia. Under early Islamic rule the military district (jund) of Filastin was part of the province of Greater Syria (Arabic Bilad al-Sham). In this book, the term Palestine is used to denote the area encompassing the modern state of Israel, the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, and the Palestinian territories"--

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)

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