The land of the Bible : (Record no. 14258)
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| fixed length control field | 04186cam a2200193 i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0664242669 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780664242664 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 221.9/1 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Aharoni, Yohanan, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The land of the Bible : |
| Remainder of title | a historical geography / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Yohanan Aharoni ; translated from the Hebrew and edited by A.F. Rainey |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2d ed., rev. and enl |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | philadelphia |
| Name of publisher | the westminster press |
| Year of publication or production | 1979 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 481 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Translation of Erets-Yiśraʼel bi-teḳufat ha-Miḳra |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Pt. 1: Introductory survey -- The general setting: The bridge between continents and civilizations;The table of nations; Between sea and desert; The geological foundations; The pastoral-agrarian economy -- The land of many contrasts -- The coastal zone; The plain of Acco; The Jezreel Valley; The Sharon; The Philistine coast; The Shephelah; The Western Negeb -- The Central Mountain Range: Galilee; Mount Ephraim; The Judean hill country; The Eastern Negeb -- The Jordan Rift: The Huleh Valley; Chinnereth; The Jordan Valley; The Dead Sea; The Arabah -- The Transjordanian Highlands: Bashan; GIlead; Moab; Edom -- Roads and highways -- International highways: The way of the sea; The King's highway -- Internal roads: In the Negeb; In Judah; In the hill country of Ephraim; In Galilee -- In Transjordan -- Boundaries and names -- The land of Canaan -- The land of Israel -- The historical sources -- The Bible: Historical-geographical descriptions; Administrative territorial lists; Expeditions and conquests -- Epigraphal documents: Egyptian sources; Mesopotamian sources; Palestinian sources -- The contribution of archaeology: Excavation; Surveys -- The study of toponymy -- The continuity of ancient sites -- The origin of place names and their meanings -- The original form of the name -- Preservation of the name -- Transference of names -- Principles of identification -- Pt. 2: Palestine during the ages -- The Canaanite period -- The Proto-historic period -- The Amorite wave -- The Execration texts -- The Hyksos period -- The rise of the new Egyptian empire -- The campaigns of Thut-Mose III -- The campaigns of Amen-Hotep II -- The El-Amarna period -- The campaigns of Seti I -- The reigns of Ramses II and Merneptah -- Israelite conquest and settlement : First stages of penetration -- The Exodus and the desert wanderings -- The conquest of Transjordan -- The house of Joseph -- Judah -- The wars in the North -- The list of Canaanite kings -- The limits of Israelite occupation -- Settlement in the hill country -- Occupation and movement of tribes and clans -- The tribal league and its border description -- The cities of Simeon -- The deeds of the judges -- The Philistines -- The United Monarchy -- Saul -- The campaigns of David -- The kingdom at the height of its expansion: The Davidic census; The city lists of Simeon and Dan -- The Levitical cities -- Growth and development of the Solomonic kingdom -- Solomon's administrative districts -- The kingdoms Of Israel And Judah -- The House of Jeroboam and Baasha -- Shishak's campaign: Towns in central Palestine; Negeb settlements -- Rehoboam's fortresses -- The Omride dynasty -- Wars with Aram and Assyria -- The rebellion of Moab under Mesha -- The house of Jehu and the last days of the Israelite kingdom -- The districts of Judah -- The Samaria ostraca -- Tiglath-Pileser III's campaigns and the fall of Israel -- The latter days of the Judean kingdom -- Sennacherib's campaign -- The royal seal impressions and their geographical-administrative significance -- The last kings of Judah -- Exile And restoration : The Babylonian kingdom -- The period of Persian rule |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Here, assembled for the first time between two covers, are all available records and geographical descriptions of Palestine in the Canaanite and Israelite periods. The Hebrew (Biblical and extra-Biblical), Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian and other sources are described and critically evaluated in the light of archaeology, and with a view to summarizing the vast amount of literature up to now scattered among numerous books and journals |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Jews |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Makurdi Study Centre | Makurdi Study Centre | 11/08/2024 | BS360.A33 1979 | 0164470 | Books |