Bible, Map and Spade : : The American Palestine Exploration Society, Frederick Jones Bliss and the Forgotten Story of Early American Biblical Archaeology / / 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.
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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