Archaeology of the land of the Bible, 10,000-586 B.C.E. /

Mazar, Amihay, 1942-,

Archaeology of the land of the Bible, 10,000-586 B.C.E. / [print] by Amihai Mazar. - New Haven, [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, (c)2009. - xxx, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - The Anchor Bible reference library . - Anchor Bible reference library. .

"First paperback edition published October 1992. First Yale University Press impression 2009"--T.p. verso. "Center for Judaic-Christian Studies."



Introduction -- The first agricultural communities : the Neolithic Period (circa 8500-4300 B.C.E.) -- Innovative communities of the fourth millennium : the Chalcolithic Period (circa 4300-3300 B.C.E.) -- The emergence of cities : the early Bronze Age (circa 3300-2300 B.C.E.) -- An interlude : the EB IV/MB I Period (circa 2300-2000 B.C.E.) -- Mighty Canaanite City-states : the Middle Bronze II Period (circa 2000-1550 B.C.E.) -- In the shadow of Egyptian domination : the Late Bronze Age (circa 1550-1200 B.C.E.) -- The days of the Judges : from Age I (circa 1200-1000 B.C.E.) -- The united monarchy : Iron Age IIA (circa 1000-925 B.C.E.) -- The divided monarchy : Iron Age IIB (925-586 B.C.E.) -- General aspects of the Israelite material culture -- Israel's neighbors and the Assyrian and Babylonian dominations.



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