Bible, Map and Spade : : The American Palestine Exploration Society, Frederick Jones Bliss and the Forgotten Story of Early American Biblical Archaeology / / Rachel Hallote.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hallote, Rachel,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Previous Presentations of American Exploration of Palestine --; 3. Palestine, Land of Western Opportunity --; 4. Artists, Photographers, and Leisure Travelers in Palestine --; 5. Missionary Activity and the Beginnings of Archaeology in Palestine --; 6. The American Palestine Exploration Society --; 7. The Other Direction of American Biblical Scholarship Assyriology in the United States --; 8. Frederick Jones Bliss: Background and American Identification --; 9. The PEF Excavations at Tell el-Hesy --; 10. The Jerusalem Excavations --; 11. The Excavations in the Southern Shephelah and the End of Bliss’s Association with the PEF --; 12. Bliss’s Life and Career after the PEF --; 13. The Legacies of Frederick Jones Bliss: The American Entry into the Near East, the Founding of ASOR, and the Relationship of Archaeology to Politics in the Early Twentieth Century --; Appendix A: Letter from Frederick Bliss to his Family, including transcription of letter from PEF --; Appendix B: Letter from Frederick Bliss to Howard Bliss --; Appendix C: Letter from PEF to Frederick Bliss --; Appendix D: Timeline --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463210748; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463210748
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rachel Hallote.

This volume resurrects the forgotten history of early American involvement in biblical archaeology. Frederick Jones Bliss, an American from a prominent missionary family, is central to the story as he was the first of any nationality to scientifically excavate the tells of Palestine.