The roads and highways of ancient Israel / [print]
David A. Dorsey.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)1991.
- xviii, 300 pages : maps ; 26 cm.
- The ASOR library of biblical and Near Eastern archaeology .
- The ASOR library of biblical and Near Eastern archaeology. .
Revision of thesis.
The nature of roads in ancient Israel -- Reconstructing ancient Israel's road network : resources and methodology -- The international coastal highway and its alternates -- Routes leading from the northern Sharon Plain toward the Lebanese Beqa -- Routes connecting the coastal highway with northern Transjordan -- The national (Beersheba--Jerusalem--Jenin) highway and its alternates -- Longitudinal routes in the Arabah/Jordan Valley and in the Judean Shephelah -- Lateral and local roads of Galilee -- Lateral and local roads of Samaria -- Lateral and local roads of Judea.