Jerusalem : an archaeological biography /

Shanks, Hershel,

Jerusalem : an archaeological biography / [print] by Hershel Shanks. - first edition. - New York : Random House, (c)1995. - xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.



Jerusalem before the Israelites -- How David conquered Jerusalem -- The Fortress of Zion and the puzzle of the Millo -- The tombs of David and other kings of Judah -- King Solomon and the Lord's House -- The capital of the Kingdom of Judah -- The Babylonians destroy the city and burn the temple -- Jerusalem during the exile and return -- Hellenistic and Hasmonean Jerusalem -- Herodian Jerusalem -- The Jerusalem of Jesus -- The Second Jewish Revolt and Aelia Capitolina -- Byzantine Jerusalem -- Moslem and Crusader Jerusalem.



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Excavations (Archaeology)--Jerusalem.

DS109.S528.J478 1995