Discovering Jerusalem

by Avigad, Nahman

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Title Statements

Full title :Discovering Jerusalem / by Nahman Avigad.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1983

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):T. Nelson
Place of Publication:Nashville
Language:eng
Publication Date:1983

Notes

Translation of: ha-ʻIr ha-ʻelyonah shel Yerushalayim.

The Physical Object

Description:270 pages : : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0840752997, 9780840752994
oclc:ocm09828514
LC Classification:DS109
Dewey Decimal:933

The period of the first temple. Jerusalem in the Bible and in other ancient sources ; Where was early Jerusalem situated? ; Discovering Israelite remains on the western hill ; The significance of the Israelite fortifications on the western hill -- After the destruction of the first temple. An interlude on the western hill -- The period of the second temple. The Hasmonean resettlement of the western hill ; Intense development under the Herodians ; A residence from the days of Herod ; A palatial mansion ; The "burnt house" ; Jewish ritual baths ; Early Mosaic pavements ; The menorah graffito and fresco fragments ; Remnants of monumental architecture ; The crafts of Jerusalem : stone, pottery, glass ; Odds and ends : "theater tokens," coins, inscriptions -- After the destruction of the second temple. The Roman city : a second interlude on the western hill -- Byzantine Jerusalem. The flowering of a Byzantine city ; Tracing the Cardo Maximus ; In the quest of the Great Nea Church -- In the Middle Ages. Muslim and crusader remains.

Subjects

Antiquities Archäologie Biblische Archäologie Excavations (Archaeology) Excavations (Archaeology) -- Jerusalem Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Jérusalem Jérusalem Jérusalem -- Antiquités Jerusalem -- Antiquities Jerusalem (Israel) -- Antiquities Middle East -- Jerusalem Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) -- Ant… Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) -- His…