The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East

Author: Eric M. Meyers

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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"This comprehensive five-volume work analyzes the archaeological and linguistic data that pertain to the broad cultural milieu of the ancient Near East, the crossroads of three of the world's most influential religions -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ranging from prehistoric times up to the early centuries of the rise of Islam, the work covers the civilizations of Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, Arabia, Cyprus, Egypt, and the coastal regions of North and East Africa. It includes 1,125 alphabetically arranged entries on sites, languages, material culture, archaeological methods, organizations and institutions, and major excavators and scholars of the field. This one-of-a-kind, accessibly written reference brings new breadth to the study of archaeology in the biblical world, making it a valuable resource not only to scholars and students of archaeology, but also to those with an interest in ancient art and architecture, languages, history, and religion." -- Alibris.com.

Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East

Author: Piotr Bienkowski

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010-03-09

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780812221152

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An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.

IKUWA6. Shared Heritage: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress for Underwater Archaeology
IKUWA6. Shared Heritage: Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress for Underwater Archaeology

Author: Jennifer A. Rodrigues

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2020-09-03

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 1784916439

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Celebrating the theme ‘Shared heritage’, this volume presents the peer-reviewed proceedings from IKUWA6 (the 6th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology, Fremantle 2016). Papers offer a stimulating diversity of themes and niche topics of value to maritime archaeology practitioners, researchers, students, museum professionals and more.

Israelite Religions
Israelite Religions

Author: Richard S. Hess

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2007-10-15

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1441201122

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Archaeological excavation in the Holy Land has exploded with the resurgence of interest in the historical roots of the biblical Israelites. Israelite Religions offers Bible students and interested lay leaders a survey of the major issues and approaches that constitute the study of ancient Israelite religion. Unique among other books on the subject, Israelite Religions takes the Bible seriously as a historical source, balancing the biblical material with relevant evidence from archaeological finds.

A Companion to the Hellenistic World
A Companion to the Hellenistic World

Author: Andrew Erskine

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-02-09

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 1405154411

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Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Comprises 29 original essays by leading international scholars. Essential reading for courses on Hellenistic history. Combines narrative and thematic approaches to the period. Draws on the very latest research. Covers a broad range of topics, spanning political, religious, social, economic and cultural history.

Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology

Author: Graeme Barker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-08-13

Total Pages: 1267

ISBN-13: 1134921934

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This comprehensive, fully illustrated Companion answers the need for an in-depth archaeology reference that provides authoritative coverage of this complex and interdisciplinary field. The work brings together the myriad strands and the great temporal and spatial breadth of the field into two thematically organized volumes. In twenty-six authoritative and clearly-written essays, this Companion explores the origins, aims, methods and problems of archaeology. Each essay is written by a scholar of international standing and illustrations complement the text.

The Archaeology of Elam
The Archaeology of Elam

Author: D. T. Potts

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-07-29

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780521564960

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From the middle of the 3rd millennium BC until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves; an ethnic group seemingly swallowed up by the vast Achaemenid Persian empire, yet a force strong enough to attack Babylonia in the last centuries BC. The Elamite language is attested as late as the Medieval era, and the name Elam as late as 1300 in the records of the Nestorian church. This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence, and brings to life one of the most important regions of Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.

The Origin and Character of God
The Origin and Character of God

Author: Theodore J. Lewis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-07-03

Total Pages: 1097

ISBN-13: 0190072563

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Few topics are as broad or as daunting as the God of Israel, that deity of the world's three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who has been worshiped over millennia. In the Hebrew Bible, God is characterized variously as militant, beneficent, inscrutable, loving, and judicious. Who is this divinity that has been represented as masculine and feminine, mythic and real, transcendent and intimate? The Origin and Character of God is Theodore J. Lewis's monumental study of the vast subject that is the God of Israel. In it, he explores questions of historical origin, how God was characterized in literature, and how he was represented in archaeology and iconography. He also brings us into the lived reality of religious experience. Using the window of divinity to peer into the varieties of religious experience in ancient Israel, Lewis explores the royal use of religion for power, prestige, and control; the intimacy of family and household religion; priestly prerogatives and cultic status; prophetic challenges to injustice; and the pondering of theodicy by poetic sages. A volume that is encyclopedic in scope but accessible in tone and was honored with all three of the major awards in the field in three seperate disciplines (American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) 2020 Frank Moore Cross Award, 2021 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, 2021 Biblical Archaeology Society Biennial Publication Award for the Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible), The Origin and Character of God is an essential addition to the growing scholarship of one of humanity's most enduring concepts.

A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 3
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 3

Author: Lester L. Grabbe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 0567692957

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This is the third volume of the projected four-volume history of the Second Temple period, collecting all that is known about the Jews from the period of the Maccabaean revolt to Hasmonean rule and Herod the Great. Based directly on primary sources, the study addresses aspects such as Jewish literary sources, economy, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Diaspora, causes of the Maccabaen revolt, and the beginning and end of the Hasmonean kingdom and the reign of Herod the Great. Discussed in the context of the wider Hellenistic world and its history, and with an extensive up-to-date secondary bibliography, this volume is an invaluable addition to Lester Grabbe's in-depth study of the history of Judaism.