A Brief History of Jerusalem
From the Earliest Settlement to the Destruction of the City in AD 70
by Klaus Bieberstein
This Brief History of Jerusalem, with a critical discussion of current attempts, creates a synthesis of the latest findings in order to present a new paradigm for discussion.
Jerusalem has been the site of some of the most intensive archaeological research. Since 1838, numerous investigations have taken place. The most important discoveries were made in the course of excavations conducted by Kathleen Kenyon, Benjamin Mazar, Nahman Avigad and Yigal Shiloh. Although all four have only published preliminary, roughly sketched initial reports, on the basis of their results an overall picture of the pre-Hellenistic history of the city was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, possessing an almost canonical status for a long time. The last excavation reports have only been published in recent years – still incomplete – and show findings which do not fit into the established picture. Moreover, there have been new excavations which are likely to call the current picture into question even further. Therefore, not only archaeological investigations into the settlement history of the western Jordanian hillcountry and the re-adjustment of pottery chronology, but also and especially these new findings in Jerusalem itself require a revision of the conventional overall picture. This Brief History of Jerusalem, with a critical discussion of current attempts, creates a synthesis of the latest findings in order to present a new paradigm for discussion.
- By (author) Klaus Bieberstein
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Tell el-Burak 1
The Middle Bronze Age: With Chapters Related to the Site and to the Late Medieval Period
Volume 45.1
Christliche Pilgerfahrten nach Jerusalem im fruheren Mittelalter im Spiegel der Pilgerberichte
Volume 40
Sprachen in Palastina im 2. und 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.
Kolloquium des Deutschen Vereins zur Erforschung Palastinas, 02.-04.11.2012, Mainz
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Temple Building and Temple Cult: Architecture and Cultic Paraphernalia of Temples in the Levant (2.-1. Mill. B.C.E.)
Proceedings of a Conference on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Biblical Archaeology at the University of Tubingen (28th - 30th of May 2010) with the assistance of Henrike Michelau
Volume 41
Zauber und Magie im antiken Palastina und seiner Umwelt
Kolloquium des Deutschen Vereins zur Erforschung Palastinas, 14.-16.11.2014, Mainz
Volume 46
Deutsch-jordanische Ausgrabungen in Hirbet ez-Zeraqon 1984-1994, Endberichte Band III (1)
Die Befestigung der Unterstadt von Hirbet ez Zeraqon im Rahmen der fruhbronzezeitlichen Fortifikation in Palastina
Volume 27.3
Die Moabiter – Geschichte und Kultur eines ostjordanischen Volkes im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.
Volume 38
Regionaler Kult und lokaler Kult
Studien zur Kult- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und Judas im 9. und 8. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Volume 39
Temples, Synagogues, Churches, and Mosques
Sacred Architecture in Palestine from the Bronze Age to Medieval Times
Volume 49
The Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Levant
Archaeological and Historical Perspectives from the Bronze Age to Medieval Times
Volume 48
Gadara – Umm Qes II
The Twin Churches on the Roman-Byzantine Terrace and Excavations in the Streets
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Macht des Geldes – Macht der Bilder
Kolloquium zur Ikonographie auf Munzen im ostmediterranen Raum in hellenistisch-romischer Zeit
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