Main entry:

Yadin, Yigael, 1917-1984.

Title & Author:

Hazor, the rediscovery of a great citadel of the Bible.

Edition:

[1st American ed.].

Publication:

New York, Random House [1975]

Description:

280 pages illustrations 26 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
1. Why Hazor? Hazor and the Bible -- the Maccabees and Josephus -- Hazor and Haamurabi -- Where was Hazor? -- our excavations -- retrieving the data -- 2. The First Confrontation -- Why area C? -- the first major discovery -- a city! -- square 210, a 'clincher' -- 3. Site of Three Major Discoveries -- Area C -- a mazzeboth (stelae) temple -- an earlier phase of the temple -- the clay mask -- a hidden standard -- what mean these stones? -- 4. A Huge Altar and Mysterious Tunnels -- Area F -- the altar and its vicinity -- caves and burial -- the square temple -- the double temple -- enigmatic underground tunnels -- 5. The Last of Four Temples, Area H -- a chance discovery -- orthostats! -- the holy of holies -- the other parts of the temple -- a prototype of the Solomonic temple -- 6. Three More Below! -- the IB temple -- the third temple, stratum 2 -- the origin of the orthostats -- the temple court -- the oldest temple
7. Cisterns and Dwellings -- Areas D and E -- area D -- the 'porcupine cave' -- kilns or furnaces -- the cisterns -- an alphabetical inscription -- area E, more cisterns -- 8. The Lower City's Fortifications -- the Middle Bronze fortifications -- the ramparts -- the lower-city gates -- the revetment wall -- another gate, area P -- summing up -- 9. The Rise and Downfall of the Lower City 00 far-reaching implications -- Hazor and chronology -- ties with the north -- Hazor's destruction and Joshua -- Deborah and Solomon -- 10. Israelite Hazor after Solomon -- Ahab to Pekah -- area A, a row of pillars -- the destruction by Tilgath-pileser III -- city VI destroyed by an earthquake -- destruction by the Aramaeans -- Ahab's grandeur -- 11. More of Israelite Hazor -- the citadels, area B -- Ahab's fortifications -- stratum VI, Jeroboam II -- the beginning of the end -- the fall -- not the end of Hazor -- 12. The Search for Salomon -- the elusive Solomon -- the Bible as an archaeological guide -- the casemate wall
13. Gezer -- Excavations in a Book -- 'Solomon did indeed re-biuld Gezer!' -- a fly in the ointment -- following the archaeological trail -- 14. Megiddo -- Post Mortem Excavations -- Solomon the builder as wrecked? -- the first surprise, another palace -- farewell to Solomon's stables -- checking Solomon's stratum from below -- a hidden water-supply system, Israelite or Canaanite? -- 15. The Source -- a deduction from comparative evidence -- two clues -- how to dig? -- a stumbling block -- the turning point -- the whole and its parts -- 16. The Enigma of Joshua and Deborah -- the problem -- solutions proposed before our excavations -- the semi-nomadic Israelites -- the archaeological answer -- 17. Prologue -- The Beginning -- a self-maintained palace -- Hazor in the times of Hammurabi -- a prefortified Middle Bronze settlement -- the first Hazor -- epilogue.

ISBN:

0394494547
9780394494548

Subject:

Antiquities
Ausgrabung
Hazor (Extinct city)
Gezer Site (Israel)
Megiddo (Extinct city)
Hazor (Extinct city) Antiquities.
Ḥaẓor (Ville ancienne) Antiquités.
Gézer (Ville ancienne)
Megiddo (Ville ancienne)
Ḥaẓor (Ville ancienne)
Israel Gezer Site
Israel Hazor (Extinct city)
Israel Megiddo (Extinct city)
Hazor
Hatsor (Extinct city) (Israel)
Megiddo (Extinct city) (Israel)
Eretz Israel Antiquities, Biblical
Hazor Antiquities.
Gezer (Israel) Antiquities.
Megiddo.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22660
Call No.: ID:87-B9576
Status: Available