Defending the Middle Ground: The Walls of Jerusalem in Iron Age I and IIA
This paper presents a critical synopsis of excavations by K. M. KENYON and E. MAZAR (and to a lesser extent Y. SHILOH and D. BEN-AMI and Y. TCHEKHANOVETS) on the Ophel and on the summit and upper east slope of the City of David, with a view to reassessing the evolution of the fortifications of Jerus...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Harrassowitz
2022
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Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
Year: 2022, Volume: 138, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-75 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Excavation
/ Iron age
/ Fortification
/ Jerusalem
/ Jerusalem- Ir David
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Summary: | This paper presents a critical synopsis of excavations by K. M. KENYON and E. MAZAR (and to a lesser extent Y. SHILOH and D. BEN-AMI and Y. TCHEKHANOVETS) on the Ophel and on the summit and upper east slope of the City of David, with a view to reassessing the evolution of the fortifications of Jerusalem from the 11th to 9th cent. B.C.E. By extension, the paper also addresses the nature and extent of Jerusalem across those centuries and the contribution of Jerusalem to the problem of early Israelite state formation. Few serious attempts have been made to integrate the results of MAZAR's excavations on the summit with the earlier, contiguous, work by KENYON. As for MAZAR's Ophel excavations, their recent final publication adds important new data that warrant a critical evaluation of MAZAR's characterization and dating of the remains. The paper concludes with a rebuttal of the view that Jerusalem was a small, unfortified settlement before the 8th cent. B.C.E. |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1169 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
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