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Middle Bronze Age IIA Cemetery at Gesher: Final Report. edited
by Yosef Garfinkel and Susan Cohen Tel
Tanninim: Excavations at Krokodeilon Polis, 1996-1999. by
Robert Stieglitz Caesarea Maritima:
The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine. by
Jane DeRose Evans Cult Image and
Divine Representation in the Ancient Near East
edited
by Neal H. Walls ASOR Books volume 10 While
biblical prophets ridiculed the notion of humans fashioning an idol that they
would then worship, ancient Near Eastern theologians developed a sophisticated
religious system in which divine beings could be physically manifest within the
material of a cultic image without being limited by that embodiment. The four
essays in this compact volume examine the intriguing subject of cultic images
and divine iconography in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia and Syria-Palestine. This
interesting and eclectic group of essays explores the textual and artifactual
evidence for the creation and veneration of divine images in the ancient Near
East. The recent resurgence of scholarly interest in the study of divine representation
in ancient Israel and the Near East makes this comprehensive reexamination especially
timely. ISBN 0-89757-068-5
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The Tafila-Busayra Archaeological Survey 1999-2001, West-Central Jordan
by Burton MacDonald, Larry G. Herr, M. P. Neeley, T. Gagos,
K. Moumani and M. Rockman
Presents
the archaeological evidence for human settlement and land use in the Tafila-Busayra
region of southern Jordan from the Paleolithic (ca. 500,000 B.P.) to the 20th
century A.D. The 480-square-kilometer survey stretched from Tafila and Busayra
in the west to Jurf ad-Darawish in the east, adjoining areas earlier surveyed
by MacDonald the Wadi al-Hasa (1979-1983) and the southern Ghor and northeast
Arabah (1985-1986). Using a combination of random and purposive sampling, reinvestigation
of documented sites, and aerial photography, the survey recorded some 290 sites,
ranging from the well known Iron Age citadel at Busayra to architectural ruins,
camp sites and cemeteries along with isolated sherd or lithic scatters and other
cultural features such as watch towers, terraces, water channels, quarries and
roads. Burton MacDonald is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at
St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia. ISBN:
0-89757-066-9
8 1/2 x 11 • 435 pages • $99.95 (hardcover)
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Years of American Archaeology in the Middle East
edited
by Douglas R. Clark and Victor H. Matthews Proceedings
of the American Schools of Oriental Research Centennial Celebration Washington,
DC, April 2000.
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Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus edited by Stuart
Swiny CAARI Monographs volume 2 The remarkable developments
concerning the earliest prehistory of Cyprus are presented by scholars immediately
involved with the research who discuss the evidence and its interpretation. No
other publication encompasses recent findings from the period of earliest colonization
of the island to the Neolithic sedentary communities. Together with a review of
evidence from the Levant, this collection of papers is essential reading for prehistorians
and archaeologists working in the region. ISBN: 0-89757-051-0
184 pages
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Desire, Discord and Death:
Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Myth by
Neal Walls ASOR Books volume 8
The three essays presented
in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic vision of ancient Near
Eastern mythology. Through the application of contemporary methods of literary
analysis, the author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine
conflict, and death's realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological
narratives. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a
psychoanalytic approach to "The Contendings of Horus and Seth," and
gender and the exercise of power in the stormy romance of Nergal and Ereshkigal.
Walls' fresh treatment of these three important myths brings them to life for
the specialist and mythology buff alike. "Neal Walls'
critically informed readings of ancient Near Eastern myths are novel, insightful
and very smart. This book is a must for anyone interested in the literature and
religions of the ancient Near East." -Jerrold S. Cooper, Professor of Near
Eastern Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. "A
feast of erudition and insight!" -Laurie L. Patton, Associate Professor of
Early Indian Religions and Chair, Department of Religion, Emory University. ISBN:
0-89757-055-3; 056-1
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Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel by
Beth Alpert Nakhai ASOR Books volume 7 Archaeological data,
when viewed objectively, provide independent witness to the religious practices
of the ancient inhabitants of Syria-Palestine and help to identify the integral
part that religion played in the social and political worlds of the Israelites
and Canaanites. By applying current anthropological and sociological theory to
ancient materials excavated over the past eighty years, the author offers a new
way of looking at the archaeological data. Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan
and Israel summarizes and analyzes the archaeological remains from all known Middle
Bronze through Iron Age temples, sanctuaries, and open-air shrines to reveal the
ways in which social, economic and political relationships determined—and
were shaped by—forms of religious organization. ISBN:
0-89757-057-X
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"East of the Jordan":
Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures by
Burton MacDonald ASOR Books volume 6 This volume is a convenient
tool for all those interested in the location of territories and sites attested
in the Bible as "East of the Jordan," i.e., in what is now The Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan. It presents the history of the identification of each biblical
site and suggests the most likely location based on information provided by the
biblical text, extra-biblical literary information, toponymic considerations,
and archaeology. The volume treats all territories and sites of the Hebrew Scriptures
in Transjordan, from the "Cities of the Plains" (e.g., Sodom and Gomorrah),
the Exodus itineraries, and the territories and sites of the Israelite tribes
(Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh), to Ammon,
Moab, Edom, and Gilead. ISBN:
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