The Fire Signals of Lachish
Studies in the Archaeology and History of Israel in the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Persian Period in Honor of David Ussishkin
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2011
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-57506-205-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume honoring Tel Aviv University archaeologist David Ussishkin, colleagues and students representing some of the major names in the field today present 25 essays on a variety of topics of interest to the honoree. The contributions cover a range of periods from the Late Bronze Age through the Persian period and disparate subjects such as Judahite bullae, destruction levels at Megiddo, a diversity of results from various tells in Israel (and one in Jordan), Egyptian influence on Canaan, the city of Jerusalem and its temple, and much on the archaeology of the Shephelah, an area of particular interest to the honoree-who is best known for his excavations at Tell ed-Duweir, the site of biblical Lachish. The volume takes its title from a reference in one of the Lachish ostraca.
From 1966 until his retirement in 2004, David Ussishkin taught in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University. Between 1975 and 1978, he served as Chair of the Department, and between 1980 and 1984 as the Director of the Institute of Archaeology. In 1996, he was nominated incumbent of the Austria Chair in Archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period. He served as the editor of Tel Aviv: The Journal of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University for 30 years.
From 1966 until his retirement in 2004, David Ussishkin taught in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University. Between 1975 and 1978, he served as Chair of the Department, and between 1980 and 1984 as the Director of the Institute of Archaeology. In 1996, he was nominated incumbent of the Austria Chair in Archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period. He served as the editor of Tel Aviv: The Journal of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University for 30 years.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pennsylvania State University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1043 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57506-205-1 (9781575062051)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Publications of David Ussishkin
Indelible Impression: Petrographic Analysis of Judahite Bullae Eran Arie, Yuval Goren, and Inbal Samet
Excavations at Tel Mal?ata: An Interim Report Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
Close Yet Apart: Diverse Cultural Dynamics at Iron Age Beth-Shemesh and Lachish Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On: The Possible Destruction by Earthquake of Stratum VIA at Megiddo Eric H. Cline
Tel Azekah: A New Look at the Site and Its "Judean" Fortress Yehuda Dagan
Why Did Nebuchadnezzar II Destroy Ashkelon in Kislev 604 b.c.e. Alexander Fantalkin
Tall al-Umayri in the Iron Age I: Facts and Fiction, with an Appendix on the History of the Collared Rim Pithoi Israel Finkelstein
From Megiddo to Tamassos and Back: Putting the "Proto-Ionic Capital" in Its Place Norma Franklin
Voyage to Yarimuta Baruch Halpern Iron Age IIA Occupational Phases in the Coastal Plain of Israel Ze?ev Herzog and Lily Singer-Avitz
Distribution and Use of Storage Vessels in the Kingdom of Judah Hayah Katz and Avraham Faust Inside the Walls of Nehemiah's Jerusalem: Naboth's Vineyard Ernst Axel Knauf
The Evolution of the 8th-Century b.c.e. Jerusalem Temple Andre Lemaire
The Origin and Date of the Volute Capitals from the Levant Oded Lipschits
Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell E?-?afi/Gath Aren M. Maeir and Shira Gur-Arieh
Egyptian-Type Pottery at Late Bronze Age Megiddo Mario A. S. Martin
Tel Re?ov in the Assyrian Period: Squatters, Burials and a Hebrew Seal Amihai Mazar and Shmuel A?ituv
The Shephelah according to the Amarna Letters Nadav Na?man
Reconsidering the Buildings in Area A at Edomite Buseirah Ronny Reich
The Persian Period City Wall of Jerusalem Margreet Steiner
Phoenician Clay Masks from Tel Dor Ephraim Stern
The Waters of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:5-8) H. G. M. Williamson
On the Toponymy of the Jezreel Valley and Adjacent Plains Ran Zadok
Reexamining Area DD at Megiddo Anabel Zarzecki-Peleg
Ruin Cults at Iron Age I Hazor Sharon Zuckerman
Indelible Impression: Petrographic Analysis of Judahite Bullae Eran Arie, Yuval Goren, and Inbal Samet
Excavations at Tel Mal?ata: An Interim Report Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
Close Yet Apart: Diverse Cultural Dynamics at Iron Age Beth-Shemesh and Lachish Shlomo Bunimovitz and Zvi Lederman
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On: The Possible Destruction by Earthquake of Stratum VIA at Megiddo Eric H. Cline
Tel Azekah: A New Look at the Site and Its "Judean" Fortress Yehuda Dagan
Why Did Nebuchadnezzar II Destroy Ashkelon in Kislev 604 b.c.e. Alexander Fantalkin
Tall al-Umayri in the Iron Age I: Facts and Fiction, with an Appendix on the History of the Collared Rim Pithoi Israel Finkelstein
From Megiddo to Tamassos and Back: Putting the "Proto-Ionic Capital" in Its Place Norma Franklin
Voyage to Yarimuta Baruch Halpern Iron Age IIA Occupational Phases in the Coastal Plain of Israel Ze?ev Herzog and Lily Singer-Avitz
Distribution and Use of Storage Vessels in the Kingdom of Judah Hayah Katz and Avraham Faust Inside the Walls of Nehemiah's Jerusalem: Naboth's Vineyard Ernst Axel Knauf
The Evolution of the 8th-Century b.c.e. Jerusalem Temple Andre Lemaire
The Origin and Date of the Volute Capitals from the Levant Oded Lipschits
Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell E?-?afi/Gath Aren M. Maeir and Shira Gur-Arieh
Egyptian-Type Pottery at Late Bronze Age Megiddo Mario A. S. Martin
Tel Re?ov in the Assyrian Period: Squatters, Burials and a Hebrew Seal Amihai Mazar and Shmuel A?ituv
The Shephelah according to the Amarna Letters Nadav Na?man
Reconsidering the Buildings in Area A at Edomite Buseirah Ronny Reich
The Persian Period City Wall of Jerusalem Margreet Steiner
Phoenician Clay Masks from Tel Dor Ephraim Stern
The Waters of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:5-8) H. G. M. Williamson
On the Toponymy of the Jezreel Valley and Adjacent Plains Ran Zadok
Reexamining Area DD at Megiddo Anabel Zarzecki-Peleg
Ruin Cults at Iron Age I Hazor Sharon Zuckerman