Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis I

The German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project, the 2019–2020 Seasons

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This book deals with the first three campaigns of the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project, conducted by the Institute for Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology / Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster and the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, under the direction of Achim Lichtenberger and Oren Tal. Tell Iẓṭabba is the location of the town of Nysa (Scythopolis), established in the Seleucid period, a short-lived Hellenistic site founded under Antiochus IV in the 160s BCE and destroyed under John Hyrcanus in 107 BCE. The excavations shed light upon the material culture of this period, as well as producing evidence of earlier (Early Bronze Age) and later (Byzantine) occupation.

Megiddo VI

The 2010–2014 Seasons

$299.95 $179.97

Winner of the 2023 Hershel Shanks Award for Best Dig Report from the Biblical Archaeology Society
Megiddo, a key site for the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages, is unique among the sites of the ancient Near East. Featuring remains from over 30 settlements, Megiddo is strategically located on the main highway of the Old World, leading from Egypt to Mesopotamia. It is mentioned in important verses in the Bible and in Egyptian and Assyrian texts. Beyond archaeology, it is of great significance to the fields of the history of ancient Israel and biblical studies. The Tel Aviv University excavations at the site aim, through the implementation of modern methods, to achieve a full stratigraphic-chronological sequence, while placing special emphasis on studies related to the exact and life sciences.

Jacob Kaplan’s Excavations of Protohistoric Sites, 1950s–1980s

$192.95 $115.77

Jacob Kaplan was a dynamic field archaeologist and an original researcher of the Pottery Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in the Levant. This volume contains a selection of Kaplan’s unpublished fieldwork as well as a broad survey of the thoughts, theories, and considerations that have placed his work at the forefront of Israeli archaeology.

Beer-Sheba III

The Early Iron IIA Enclosed Settlement and the Late Iron IIA–Iron IIB Cities

$361.95 $217.17

“Rigorous publication of stratigraphy and meticulous analysis of the pottery has allowed the authors to conclude that the Iron Age IIA, a period crucial for the debate on the emergence of the Biblical ‘United Monarchy,’ extends from the mid-tenth down to the early eighth century, and that the evolution of the state in Judah was initiated in the Shephelah rather than in the highlands.”—Biblical Archaeology Review

A Student’s Vocabulary of Akkadian in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions

T. E. Kelley and Raleigh Heth

“This Student’s Vocabulary offers a well-structured approach to learning and memorizing the vocabulary used in Assyrian royal inscriptions. Since it is organized according the frequency of attestations for each word, students will quickly make progress in their ability to read and understand texts from this fascinating corpus—and therefore will soon start enjoying their reading. And since the most frequently used words are also frequent in other corpora, this Student’s Vocabulary also facilitates the approach to other Akkadian corpora as well and consequently will prove helpful for any student of Akkadian.”—Frauke Weiershäuser, coauthor of The Royal Inscriptions of Nabopolassar (625-605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), Kings of Babylon, Part 1

The Excavations Beneath Wilson’s Arch, Volume 1

Edited by Joe Uziel, Avi Solomon, and Tehillah Lieberman

“This significant work presents the most comprehensive and updated research—based on recent excavations led by the authors—offering unparalleled perspectives on the arch’s construction, historical significance, and the debates surrounding the chronology of Wilson’s Arch. With contributions from eminent scholars, it compiles an extraordinary array of findings, artifacts, and architectural remains, securing its place as a vital reference for anyone fascinated by Jerusalem’s captivating history and archaeology.”—Orit Peleg-Barkat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Kiriath-jearim

The Shmunis Family Excavations

Israel Finkelstein and Thomas Römer

This volume reports the results of the Tel Aviv University and the Collège de France’s excavations at Kiriath-jearim. The site, located on a strategic peak west of Jerusalem, is of crucial importance for the study of the archaeology and history of Iron Age Israel and Judah, and later, of Hellenistic and Roman Judea. Specific attention is given to the later phases of the Iron Age, attempting to shed light on the biblical tradition that the site accommodated the temple of the Ark.

Hellenistic Nysa-Scythopolis I

The German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project, the 2019–2020 Seasons

Achim Lichtenberger and Oren Tal

This book deals with the first three campaigns of the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba Excavation Project, conducted by the Institute for Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology / Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster and the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, under the direction of Achim Lichtenberger and Oren Tal.

Authority and Ideology in the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.)

Zozan Tarhan

This monograph explores royal authority and ideology in the early Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–745 B.C.). Tarhan investigates Assyrian royal ideology from multiple angles, considering its religious nature, the imperial mission, and the portrayal and different roles of the Assyrian king.

Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch, Volume 2

Edited by L. S. Baker Jr., Kenneth Bergland, Felipe A. Masotti, and A. Rahel Wells

“This diverse collection of essays challenges both the status quo and cutting-edge theories in today’s Pentateuchal historical critical research. Its essays challenge oft unchallenged presuppositions related to the dating and literary coherence of the Pentateuch, offering a wide assortment of effective arguments engaging its non-Western literary coherence, literary reuse and dependence, ancient scribal and editorial practices, dialectical variation in diachronic linguistics, among other important topics.”—Neal A. Huddleston, Trinity International University

Constructing the Human in the Hebrew Bible

Tanner E. Walker

“Walker challenges scholars of the Hebrew Bible to take seriously the multiple ways these texts construct and deconstruct categories like human/animal. In the process, he provides compelling new readings of well-known biblical narratives in light of this larger question about constructed humanness.”— Phillip Michael Sherman, author of Babel’s Tower Translated: Genesis 11 and Ancient Jewish Interpretation

Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Comparative Study of Semitic Languages

Proceedings of the 7th and 8th Meetings of the International Association for Comparative Semitics

Edited by Tawny L. Holm and Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala

This volume offers a wealth of perspectives on comparative Semitic linguistics emerging from the seventh and eighth meetings of the International Association for Comparative Semitics (IACS): the Madrid symposium (2016) was devoted to the role of Akkadian in the study of Comparative Semitics, and the Córdoba meeting (2019) focused on Syria at the historical crossroads of Semitic languages.

Two recently published articles in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies are open access! Read “Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells” and “The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts” here.

Bulletin for Biblical Research recently published a new issue! Access the journal online through Scholarly Publishing Collective.

Moses Jacob Ezekiel

Jewish, Confederate, Expatriate Sculptor

Samantha Baskind

“How do art historians write about problematic subjects? In Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Samantha Baskind offers a thoroughly researched and evenhanded account of a nineteenth-century celebrity artist whose statues and monuments are considered especially incendiary today. Rather than pigeonholing Ezekiel, Baskind skillfully grapples with the contradictions and consequences of artistic identity, then and now.”—Erika Doss, author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America and Spiritual Moderns: Twentieth-Century American Artists and Religion

The God of This House

Christian Domestic Cult Before Constantine

Caroline Johnson Hodge

“With vividness and clarity, Johnson Hodge directs our attention to the elusive Christian households of the second and third centuries CE. In this formative period, the creative domestic rituals of ordinary people—including women and enslaved persons—prepare the way for the expansion of Christianity in the better-attested decades after Constantine. Highly readable and provocative in the best way.”—Dana Robinson, author of Food, Virtue, and the Shaping of Early Christianity