In Pursuit of Visibility: Essays in Archaeology, Ethnography, and Text in Honor of Beth Alpert Nakhai
Edited by Jennie Ebeling Edited by Laura Mazow
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(June 2022)
ISBN: 9781803272313
6.85 x 9.69 inches
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Fifteen diverse essays honour the distinguished career of Beth Alpert Nakhai, a scholar of Canaan and ancient Israel; in this volume, Professor Nakhai’s students and colleagues celebrate her important contributions to the field of Near Eastern Archaeology and tireless efforts to acknowledge and support women in the profession.
In Pursuit of Visibility honors the distinguished career of a scholar of Canaan and ancient Israel, Beth Alpert Nakhai. In fifteen diverse essays, Professor Nakhai’s students and colleagues celebrate her important contributions to the field of Near Eastern Archaeology, including her research into gender, household, and cult in the Bronze and Iron Age southern Levant, and her tireless efforts to acknowledge and support women in the profession. These essays reflect Professor Nakhai’s commitment to combining archaeology and text to reconstruct aspects of ancient life and make those who are marginalized visible in both the past and the present.
Introduction: An Appreciation of Beth Alpert Nakhai - Jennie Ebeling, Laura Mazow, Mandana Nakhai, Abbe Alpert, and J. Edward Wright Part I: Archaeology Tfu Tfu Tfu: Against Evil Eye Assumptions - Abigail S. Limmer 'It's the Pits ...' Iron Age I Economy at Abel Beth Maacah - Lisa Marsio What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? Contextualizing an Iron Age IIA Female-Drummer Figurine from Tel Abel Beth Maacah - Nava Panitz-Cohen and Daphna Tsoran Rethinking 'Cultic' Herd Management: A Preliminary Multi-Isotopic Perspective on the Proposed Iron Age IIA Cultic Space at Khirbet Summeily - Kara Larson and James W. Hardin Two-Handled Pillar Jars at Gezer - Charles Wilson, Steven M. Ortiz, and Sam R. Wolff Greco-Roman Dining Practices, Feasts, and Community Structure at Qumran - Alan W. Todd Part II: Ethnography and Ethnoarchaeology They also Dug! Archaeologists' Wives and their Stories - Norma Dever Making Space: Women and Ovens in the Iron Age Southern Levant - Jennie Ebeling Gender and Glass: An Historical and Contemporary Consideration - Alysia Fischer Female Elders, Professional Potters, and Heritage Collecting - Gloria London Part III: Hebrew Bible The Host and the Hosted: Commensal Politics and Cultural (Mis)understandings at Samson's Wedding - Laura Mazow Asherah: Everyone's Favorite Girl - Theodore W. Burgh Defending Scripture through Spiritual Archaeology - Mark Elliott Unveiling Biblical Women with Accurate Translations of the Hebrew Feminine - Elizabeth Ann R. Willett Women in Archaeology and Antiquity - William G. Dever, Introduction: An Appreciation of Beth Alpert Nakhai – Jennie Ebeling, Laura Mazow, Mandana Nakhai, Abbe Alpert, and J. Edward Wright
Part I: ArchaeologyAbigail S. LimmerLisa MarsioNava Panitz-Cohen and Daphna TsoranKara Larson and James W. HardinCharles Wilson, Steven M. Ortiz, and Sam R. WolffAlan W. Todd
Part II: Ethnography and EthnoarchaeologyNorma Dever†Jennie EbelingAlysia FischerGloria London
Part III: Hebrew BibleLaura MazowTheodore W. BurghMark ElliottElizabeth Ann R. WillettWilliam G. Dever
Jennie Ebeling earned her MA and PhD from the University of Arizona and is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville. She co-directed the Jezreel Expedition in Israel with Norma Franklin and specializes in the study of ancient food and drink technology. She is the co-editor of four other volumes and the author of Women’s Lives in Biblical Times (T&T Clark 2010).
Laura Mazow earned her MA and PhD from the University of Arizona and is Associate Professor in Anthropology at East Carolina University. Her research focuses on ancient textile technologies in the southern Levant and eastern Mediterranean.
- Edited by Jennie Ebeling
- Edited by Laura Mazow
‘The commemorative publication is dedicated to a distinguished archaeologist whose central research focus could perhaps be described with the expression 'feminist archaeology', although it certainly cannot be limited to that.’ – W. Zwickel, Mainz (2023): ZAW Bücherschau 135/3
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