The Fire Signals of Lachish : : Studies in the Archaeology and History of Israel in the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Persian Period in Honor of David Ussishkin / / ed. by Israel Finkelstein, Nadav Na'aman.

In this volume honoring Tel Aviv University archaeologist David Ussishkin, colleagues and students representing some of the major names in the field today present 25 essays on a variety of topics of interest to the honoree. The contributions cover a range of periods from the Late Bronze Age through...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: David Ussishkin
  • Publications of David Ussishkin
  • Indelible Impression: Petrographic Analysis of Judahite Bullae
  • Excavations at Tel Malḥata: An Interim Report
  • Close Yet Apart: Diverse Cultural Dynamics at Iron Age Beth-Shemesh and Lachish
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On: The Possible Destruction by Earthquake of Stratum VIA at Megiddo
  • Tel Azekah: A New Look at the Site and Its "Judean" Fortress
  • Why Did Nebuchadnezzar II Destroy Ashkelon in Kislev 604 B.C.E?
  • Tall al-Umayri in the Iron Age I Facts and Fiction with an Appendix on the History of the Collared Rim Pithoi
  • From Megiddo to Tamassos and Back: Putting the "Proto-Ionic Capital" in Its Place
  • Voyage to Yarimuta
  • Iron Age IIA Occupational Phases in the Coastal Plain of Israel
  • Distribution and Use of Storage Vessels in the Kingdom of Judah
  • Inside the Walls of Nehemiah's Jerusalem: Naboth's Vineyard
  • The Evolution of the 8th-Century B.C.E. Jerusalem Temple
  • The Origin and Date of the Volute Capitals from the Levant
  • Comparative Aspects of the Aramean Siege System at Tell eṣ-Ṣāfi/Gath
  • Egyptian-Type Pottery at Late Bronze Age Megiddo
  • Tel Reḥov in the Assyrian Period: Squatters, Burials, and a Hebrew Seal
  • The Shephelah according to the Amarna Letters
  • Reconsidering the Buildings in Area A at Edomite Buseirah
  • The Persian Period City Wall of Jerusalem
  • Phoenician Clay Masks from Tel Dor
  • The Waters of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:5-8)
  • On the Toponymy of the Jezreel Valley and Adjacent Plains
  • Reexamining Area DD at Megiddo
  • Ruin Cults at Iron Age I Hazor
  • Indexes