To Explore the Land of Canaan: Studies in Biblical Archaeology in Honor of Jeffrey R. Chadwick

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To Explore the Land of Canaan

Studies in Biblical Archaeology in Honor of Jeffrey R. Chadwick

Edited by: Aren M. Maeir and George A. Pierce

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Volume 4 | Archaeology of the Biblical Worlds

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This volume is a collection of paper by colleagues, friends and students, in honor of Jeffrey Chadwick. The papers cover the various topic that he has dealt with in his career, including biblical historical geography, and the archaeology and history of the Levant and its environs during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and the Second Temple Period.
Following a preface and introduction about the honoree, the volume is divided into 4 sections: Biblical Historical Geography; Bronze Age Canaan and its Neighbors; Iron Age Israel and its Neighbors; Second Temple Israel.

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Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and George A. Pierce, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.

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A Retrospective on the Career and Impact of Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Archaeologist and Educator
1
Brent L. Top

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Biblical Historical Geography
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Asking for a Place: Identifying the Location of Biblical Eshta’ol
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Owen D. Chesnut

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“And There Was Peace between Israel and the Amorites” (1 Sam 7:14): A Biblical and Archaeological View on Israelites and Canaanites in the Shephelah in Late Iron Age I
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Yigal Levin

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Finding Mash and His Brothers – The Historical Geography of the “Sons” of Aram (Gen 10:23; 1 Chr 1:17)
37
Chris McKinny

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Bronze Age Canaan and Its Neighbors
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Let’s Trade: Carnelian Beads in the Early and Intermediate Bronze Age Southern Levant
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Shira Albaz and Kristina S. Reed

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A Better Cut: Diachronic Trends of Butchering Patterns and Technology through the Early and Middle Bronze Ages at Tall Zirā´a, Jordan
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Jeremy A. Beller, Haskel J. Greenfield and Dieter Vieweger

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The Zooarchaeology of Cult: The Animal Remains from Moshe Dothan’s Excavations of the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite Temple Complex at Nahariya, Israel
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Haskel J. Greenfield

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Comparing Holes for Ritual Activities at the Snefru Bent and Seila Pyramids
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Kerry Muhlestein

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Domus et Urbs: Levantine Middle Bronze Age Jar-Burials as a Family Reaction to Reurbanization
133
Aren M. Maeir

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Iron Age Israel and Its Neighbors
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A Tale of Two Looms – Domestic Weaving at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfī/Gath
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Deborah R. Cassuto

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The Food Was Heavenly: Reflections from the Northern Frontier on Divine and Royal Banquets in the Assyrian Empire
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Tina Greenfield, Timothy Matney and John MacGinnis

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All in All, It’s Just Another Stone in the Wall: From Safi to Sicily, 12^th-Century Monumental Architecture in the Mediterranean
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Louise A. Hitchcock, Madaline Harris-Schober, Shira Gur-Arieh, Laura Pisanu, Aren M Maeir and Pietro Militello

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“The Restaurant at the End of . . . ”: A Discussion of Iron Age Funerary Meats from the Southern Levant
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Liora Kolska Horwitz, Dmitry Yegorov, Patricia Smith, Svetlana Talis and Ianir Milevski

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Multiple Aspects of Tribalism in Iron I Israel
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Jill C Katz

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“I Should Speedily Escape into the Land of the Philistines” (1 Sam 27:1): Theoretical and Methodical Change in the Archaeology of Philistia
238
William H. Krieger

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The “Four-Room-House” Complex at Tell Dothan, Area A: An Analysis of Function, Demography, and Cultural Identity
249
George A. Pierce

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“Will the Ax Boast Against the One Who Cuts with It?” The Use of Axes and Pickaxes in Iron Age Warfare
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Seth M. Rodriquez

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A Note on the Importance of the Name Manasseh as King of Judah
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Itzhaq Shai

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Ittai and Obed-Edom: The Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for the Presence of Gittite Refugees in Jerusalem
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Joe Uziel

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Second Temple Israel
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Olive Processing and Ritual Purity in the “Place of the Oil Press”: Reexamining the 1st-Century Features and Functions of Jerusalem’s Gethsemane Grotto
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Matthew J. Grey

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Index
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November 8, 2021

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9783110757804

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110757804

eBook ISBN: 9783110757804

Keywords for this book

Archaeology; Bible; Israel; Levant.

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Forschende aus den Bereichen (Biblische) Archäologie, Biblische Geschichte, Geschichte des Vorderen Orients.

To Explore the Land of Canaan

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

A Retrospective on the Career and Impact of Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Archaeologist and Educator

Asking for a Place: Identifying the Location of Biblical Eshta’ol

“And There Was Peace between Israel and the Amorites” (1 Sam 7:14): A Biblical and Archaeological View on Israelites and Canaanites in the Shephelah in Late Iron Age I

Finding Mash and His Brothers – The Historical Geography of the “Sons” of Aram (Gen 10:23; 1 Chr 1:17)

Let’s Trade: Carnelian Beads in the Early and Intermediate Bronze Age Southern Levant

A Better Cut: Diachronic Trends of Butchering Patterns and Technology through the Early and Middle Bronze Ages at Tall Zirā´a, Jordan

The Zooarchaeology of Cult: The Animal Remains from Moshe Dothan’s Excavations of the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite Temple Complex at Nahariya, Israel

Comparing Holes for Ritual Activities at the Snefru Bent and Seila Pyramids

Domus et Urbs: Levantine Middle Bronze Age Jar-Burials as a Family Reaction to Reurbanization

A Tale of Two Looms – Domestic Weaving at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfī/Gath

The Food Was Heavenly: Reflections from the Northern Frontier on Divine and Royal Banquets in the Assyrian Empire

All in All, It’s Just Another Stone in the Wall: From Safi to Sicily, 12th-Century Monumental Architecture in the Mediterranean

“The Restaurant at the End of . . . ”: A Discussion of Iron Age Funerary Meats from the Southern Levant

Multiple Aspects of Tribalism in Iron I Israel

“I Should Speedily Escape into the Land of the Philistines” (1 Sam 27:1): Theoretical and Methodical Change in the Archaeology of Philistia

The “Four-Room-House” Complex at Tell Dothan, Area A: An Analysis of Function, Demography, and Cultural Identity

“Will the Ax Boast Against the One Who Cuts with It?” The Use of Axes and Pickaxes in Iron Age Warfare

A Note on the Importance of the Name Manasseh as King of Judah

Ittai and Obed-Edom: The Biblical and Archaeological Evidence for the Presence of Gittite Refugees in Jerusalem

Olive Processing and Ritual Purity in the “Place of the Oil Press”: Reexamining the 1st-Century Features and Functions of Jerusalem’s Gethsemane Grotto

Index

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All in All, It’s Just Another Stone in the Wall: From Safi to Sicily, 12^th-Century Monumental Architecture in the Mediterranean