Sacred and Sweet

Studies on the Material Culture of Tell Deir 'Alla and Tell Abu Sarbut

edited by M.L. Steiner

Book cover: Sacred and Sweet

Extent: 286 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Language & Linguistics

Series: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series

Series volume number: 24

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2008)

ISBN: 9789042919211

Price: $107.00

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Henk Franken contributed much to the archaeology of the Levant. He directed excavations, in the 1960s and 1970s, at the Bronze and Iron Age site of Tell Deir ‘Alla, and was later involved in the excavations at the nearby Mamluk site of Tell Abu Sarbut. This volume, dedicated to his memory, is about these two sites in the Jordan Valley, the region to which Franken devoted so much of his time and energy, and about the interaction between the land and its people. Several students and colleagues contributed to it. It also contains Franken’s last article on the religion of Deir ‘Alla.

  • Edited by ML Steiner