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Archaeology of the land of the Bible / by Amihai Mazar.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Anchor Bible reference libraryPublisher: New York : Doubleday, 1990-<2012>Edition: 1st edDescription: volumes <1-3> : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 038523970X
  • 9780385239707
  • 0385425902
  • 9780385425902
  • 0385424507
  • 9780385424509
  • 9780300141795
  • 0300141793
  • 030020583X
  • 9780300205831
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.9/3 19
LOC classification:
  • BS621 .M39 1990
Contents:
[v. 1] 10,000-586 B.C.E. / by Amihai Mazar -- v. 2 The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods 732-332 B.C. / Ephraim Stern, 2007 -- v. 3 Alexander to Constantine / Eric M. Meyers, Mark A. Chancey, 2012.
Summary: In volume 1, Israeli archaeologist Mazar (Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew U. in Jerusalem) introduces archaeological research in Israel and Jordan, and discusses its implications for our knowledge of the world of the Old Testament. He covers the period from the first permanent settlements to the destruction of the First Temple by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian domination of the country. Volume 2 considers various artifacts unearthed in recent years and relates them to the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods in the Bible. Accompanied by photographs and illustrations of ancient relics ranging from household pottery to jewelry and sculpture. Volume 3 explores the archaeological record of the land of the Bible from its conquest by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE. Focusing on the region's archaeology during the crucial Greco-Roman era, this book offers an overview of a tumultuous period in world history.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 621 .M39 1990 V.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 140303
Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 621 .M39 1990 V.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 138332

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

[v. 1] 10,000-586 B.C.E. / by Amihai Mazar -- v. 2 The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods 732-332 B.C. / Ephraim Stern, 2007 -- v. 3 Alexander to Constantine / Eric M. Meyers, Mark A. Chancey, 2012.

In volume 1, Israeli archaeologist Mazar (Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew U. in Jerusalem) introduces archaeological research in Israel and Jordan, and discusses its implications for our knowledge of the world of the Old Testament. He covers the period from the first permanent settlements to the destruction of the First Temple by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian domination of the country. Volume 2 considers various artifacts unearthed in recent years and relates them to the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods in the Bible. Accompanied by photographs and illustrations of ancient relics ranging from household pottery to jewelry and sculpture. Volume 3 explores the archaeological record of the land of the Bible from its conquest by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BCE until the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE. Focusing on the region's archaeology during the crucial Greco-Roman era, this book offers an overview of a tumultuous period in world history.

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