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Sacred time, sacred place : archaeology and the religion of Israel / edited by Barry M. Gittlen.

Contributor(s): Gittlen, Barry M
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2002Description: xii, 228 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 157506054X (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Old Testament -- Evidences, authority, etc | Bible. Old Testament -- Antiquities | Archaeology and religion | Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D | Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D | Middle East -- Religion | Middle East -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 221.9/3 LOC classification: BS1180 | .S16 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Archaeology and the religion of Israel / Barry M. Gittlen -- Religion up and down, out and in / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Theology, philology, and archaeology: in the pursuit of ancient Israelite religion / William G. Dever -- Philology and archaeology: imagining new questions, begetting new ideas / Ziony Zevit -- Israelite figurines: a view from the texts / Karel van der Toorn -- On the use of images in Israel and the Ancient Near East: a response to Karel van der Toorn / Jack M. Sasson -- Preamble to a Temple tour / Ziony Zevit -- Solomon's Temple: the politics of ritual space / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- The four-horned altar and sacred space: an archaeological perspective / Seymour Gitin -- Ritual as symbol: modes of sacrifice in Israelite religion / Baruch A. Levine -- Death in the life of Israel / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Tombs and offerings: archaeological data and comparative methodology in the study of death in Israel / Wayne T. Pitard -- How far can texts take us? evaluating textual sources for reconstructing ancient Israelite beliefs about the dead / Theodore J. Lewis.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS1180 .S16 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902210455

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Archaeology and the religion of Israel / Barry M. Gittlen -- Religion up and down, out and in / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Theology, philology, and archaeology: in the pursuit of ancient Israelite religion / William G. Dever -- Philology and archaeology: imagining new questions, begetting new ideas / Ziony Zevit -- Israelite figurines: a view from the texts / Karel van der Toorn -- On the use of images in Israel and the Ancient Near East: a response to Karel van der Toorn / Jack M. Sasson -- Preamble to a Temple tour / Ziony Zevit -- Solomon's Temple: the politics of ritual space / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- The four-horned altar and sacred space: an archaeological perspective / Seymour Gitin -- Ritual as symbol: modes of sacrifice in Israelite religion / Baruch A. Levine -- Death in the life of Israel / Elizabeth Bloch-Smith -- Tombs and offerings: archaeological data and comparative methodology in the study of death in Israel / Wayne T. Pitard -- How far can texts take us? evaluating textual sources for reconstructing ancient Israelite beliefs about the dead / Theodore J. Lewis.

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