What Are the Stones Whispering? : : Ramat Raḥel: 3,000 Years of Forgotten History / / ed. by Yuval Gadot, Benjamin Arubas, Manfred Oeming, Oded Lipschits.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• HerausgeberIn: Arubas, Benjamin,; Gadot, Yuval,; Lipschits, Oded,; Oeming, Manfred,
• MitwirkendeR: Bocher, Efrat,; Davidovich, Uri,; Farhi, Yoav,; Gross, Boaz,; Kedem, Nirit,; Morin, Ran,; Namdar, Dvori,; Porat, Roi,; Ras, Keren,; Taxel, Itamar,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

The excavations at Ramat Raḥel, just south of Jerusalem, revealed a complex of structures that existed for hundreds of years in which the Kingdom of Judah was a vassal of diverse empires. Over some 500 years, jars bearing seals were stored at the site. The findings throw new light on the late First...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Ramat Raḥel—Excavation Staff 2005–2010
• Section One: Introductory Chapters
• Chapter One: Strategic Location, Natural Surroundings and Processes in Site Formation
• Chapter Two: The Question of the Site’s Ancient Name
• Chapter Three: History of Research
• Section Two: Government and Administrative Center— Late Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic Period
• Chapter Four: Historical Introduction to the First Building Phase—Judah under Assyrian Rule
• Chapter Five: First Building Phase (Late 8th / Early 7th century BCE)
• Chapter Six: Historical Introduction to the Second Building Phase– Judah under Egyptian and Babylonian Rule
• Chapter Seven: Second Building Phase (Late 7th Century BCE)
• Chapter Eight: Historical Introduction to the Third Building Phase—Judah under Persian Rule
• Chapter Nine: Third Building Phase (Late 6th or 5th Century BCE)
• Chapter Ten: Destruction and Obsolescence of the Administrative Center at Ramat Raḥel
• Section Three: From Government Center to Jewish Village— Ramat Raḥel between the Hasmonean Period and the First Jewish–Roman War
• Chapter Eleven: Fourth Building Phase— The Hasmonean and Early Roman Periods
• Section Four: The Rural Settlement— Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad Periods until the Days of Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel
• Chapter Twelve: Fifth Building Phase— Late Roman and Byzantine Period Settlements
• Chapter Thirteen: Abbasid to Ottoman Periods (660–1517 CE)
• Chapter Fourteen: Coins and Hoards
• Chapter Fifteen: Subterranean Space Survey in the Southern Ramat Raḥel Hilltop
• Chapter Sixteen: “Landscape Archaeology” in the Western Slopes of Ramat Raḥel
• Chapter Seventeen: Modern Period—the Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel Story
• Conclusion: The Ramat Raḥel Excavations, and a Few Thoughts about the Significance of Archaeology for Understanding the History of Judah
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• List of Figures