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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Cover; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1. THE SCIENCE OF PALESTINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY ; The Essential Alphabet of Archaeology; A Supplement to Jeremiah; Sennacherib before Lachish; War and Commerce at Megiddo; Jerusalem Underground; Scrolls from Caves Overlooking the Dead Sea; 2. THE MAKING OF A MAP; Pilgrims and Soldiers; The Founder of Palestinology: Robinson; Surveying Western Palestine; New Sources for an Ancient Map; Surface Exploration for Pottery; Excavating for a Map; 3. BAAL AND THE RELIGION OF CANNAN ; The French in Phoenicia; Monument of Mesha, King of Moab |
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The Canaanite Bible from UgaritSex, Fertility, and Religion; 4. ASSYRIA, ISRAEL'S ENEMY; Learning to Read Cuneiform; The Palace of Sargon; The Black Obelisk; Tiglath-pileser's Conquests in Palestine; Sennacherib at Jerusalem; 5. MYTH IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST ; All Mankind Returned to Clay; Gilgamesh, Most Splendid among Heroes; Conflict and Creation; Adapa's Lost Chance for Immortality; Flood and Creation in Sumer; 6. LAW AND WISDOM; Hammurabi, the King of Justice; Five Codes of Cuneiform Law; All the Wisdom of Egypt; Babylon's Wise Men; POSTSCRIPT; GLOSSARY; SOURCES FOR ILLUSTRATIONS; INDEX |
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Bible. Old Testament -- History of contemporary events
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Bible. Old Testament -- Antiquities
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Antiquities
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History of contemporary events
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1280494093 |
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9781280494093 |
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