The Archaeology of Israel - Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present

Zusatztext Title mention 2007 Informationen zum Autor Neil Asher Silberman is an author specializing in the history and politics of modern archaeology. David Small is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Lehigh University! Bethlehem! Pennsylvania. Zusammenfassung This challenging volume offers a timely and extensive overview of the current state of archaeology in Israel. Contributed by leading scholars! the essays focus on current problems and cutting-edge issues! ranging from reviews of ongoing excavations to new analytical approaches. Of interest not only to archaeologists! but to social historians as well! the topics include archaeology and social history! archaeology and ethnicity! as well as the overarching issue of how texts and archaeological knowledge are to be combined in the reconstruction of ancient Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Asher Silberman, Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewi, David B Small
• Assisted by: Neil Asher Silberman (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor), Neil Asher Silberman (Editor), David B. Small (Editor), Small David B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1997
• EAN: 9781850756507
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-650-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Journal for the Study of the N; Journal for the Study of the N; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Israel, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Palestine, Archaeology by period / region