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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Ramat Raḥel—Excavation Staff 2005–2010 8
  6. Section One: Introductory Chapters
  7. Chapter One: Strategic Location, Natural Surroundings and Processes in Site Formation 10
  8. Chapter Two: The Question of the Site’s Ancient Name 15
  9. Chapter Three: History of Research 19
  10. Section Two: Government and Administrative Center— Late Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic Period
  11. Chapter Four: Historical Introduction to the First Building Phase—Judah under Assyrian Rule 35
  12. Chapter Five: First Building Phase (Late 8th / Early 7th century BCE) 39
  13. Chapter Six: Historical Introduction to the Second Building Phase– Judah under Egyptian and Babylonian Rule 57
  14. Chapter Seven: Second Building Phase (Late 7th Century BCE) 60
  15. Chapter Eight: Historical Introduction to the Third Building Phase—Judah under Persian Rule 95
  16. Chapter Nine: Third Building Phase (Late 6th or 5th Century BCE) 98
  17. Chapter Ten: Destruction and Obsolescence of the Administrative Center at Ramat Raḥel 117
  18. Section Three: From Government Center to Jewish Village— Ramat Raḥel between the Hasmonean Period and the First Jewish–Roman War
  19. Chapter Eleven: Fourth Building Phase— The Hasmonean and Early Roman Periods 119
  20. Section Four: The Rural Settlement— Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad Periods until the Days of Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel
  21. Chapter Twelve: Fifth Building Phase— Late Roman and Byzantine Period Settlements 129
  22. Chapter Thirteen: Abbasid to Ottoman Periods (660–1517 CE) 139
  23. Chapter Fourteen: Coins and Hoards 144
  24. Chapter Fifteen: Subterranean Space Survey in the Southern Ramat Raḥel Hilltop 149
  25. Chapter Sixteen: “Landscape Archaeology” in the Western Slopes of Ramat Raḥel 151
  26. Chapter Seventeen: Modern Period—the Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel Story 155
  27. Conclusion: The Ramat Raḥel Excavations, and a Few Thoughts about the Significance of Archaeology for Understanding the History of Judah 165
  28. Endnotes 167
  29. Bibliography 171
  30. List of Figures 176
What Are the Stones Whispering?
This chapter is in the book What Are the Stones Whispering?
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575064994-024

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Table of Contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Introduction 3
  5. Ramat Raḥel—Excavation Staff 2005–2010 8
  6. Section One: Introductory Chapters
  7. Chapter One: Strategic Location, Natural Surroundings and Processes in Site Formation 10
  8. Chapter Two: The Question of the Site’s Ancient Name 15
  9. Chapter Three: History of Research 19
  10. Section Two: Government and Administrative Center— Late Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic Period
  11. Chapter Four: Historical Introduction to the First Building Phase—Judah under Assyrian Rule 35
  12. Chapter Five: First Building Phase (Late 8th / Early 7th century BCE) 39
  13. Chapter Six: Historical Introduction to the Second Building Phase– Judah under Egyptian and Babylonian Rule 57
  14. Chapter Seven: Second Building Phase (Late 7th Century BCE) 60
  15. Chapter Eight: Historical Introduction to the Third Building Phase—Judah under Persian Rule 95
  16. Chapter Nine: Third Building Phase (Late 6th or 5th Century BCE) 98
  17. Chapter Ten: Destruction and Obsolescence of the Administrative Center at Ramat Raḥel 117
  18. Section Three: From Government Center to Jewish Village— Ramat Raḥel between the Hasmonean Period and the First Jewish–Roman War
  19. Chapter Eleven: Fourth Building Phase— The Hasmonean and Early Roman Periods 119
  20. Section Four: The Rural Settlement— Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad Periods until the Days of Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel
  21. Chapter Twelve: Fifth Building Phase— Late Roman and Byzantine Period Settlements 129
  22. Chapter Thirteen: Abbasid to Ottoman Periods (660–1517 CE) 139
  23. Chapter Fourteen: Coins and Hoards 144
  24. Chapter Fifteen: Subterranean Space Survey in the Southern Ramat Raḥel Hilltop 149
  25. Chapter Sixteen: “Landscape Archaeology” in the Western Slopes of Ramat Raḥel 151
  26. Chapter Seventeen: Modern Period—the Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel Story 155
  27. Conclusion: The Ramat Raḥel Excavations, and a Few Thoughts about the Significance of Archaeology for Understanding the History of Judah 165
  28. Endnotes 167
  29. Bibliography 171
  30. List of Figures 176
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