Khirbet Qeiyafa – A View from Tel Kinrot in the Eastern Lower Galilee

Münger, Stefan (2017). Khirbet Qeiyafa – A View from Tel Kinrot in the Eastern Lower Galilee. In: Schroer, Silvia Maria; Münger, Stefan (eds.) Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Shephelah. Papers Presented at a Colloquium of the Swiss Society for Ancient Near Eastern Studies Held at the University of Bern, September 6, 2014. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis: Vol. 282 (pp. 113-136). Fribourg (CH): Academic Press

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Excavations at the early Iron age site of Khirbet Qeiyafa (Israel), directed from 2007 to 2011 by Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Antiquities Authority, have attracted considerable scholarly and media attention since the very first season, when the discovery of an inscribed ostracon sparked controversies over the site’s historical significance and nature. Located at the entrance of the Elah Valley, protected by a casemate wall and two monumental gateways, the settlement of Qeiyafa existed for barely half a century. Its dating and the correlation of the archaeological evidence with the regional history, not least the rise of an early Judahite monarchy, have become matters of intense academic debate. Resulting from a colloquium of the Swiss Society of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, this volume offers a condensed report by main excavator Yosef Garfinkel as well as several in-depth studies on archaeological, historical, epigraphical, iconographical and biblical issues.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Jewish Studies
01 Faculty of Theology > Department of Protestant Theology [discontinued] > Institute of Jewish Studies [discontinued]

UniBE Contributor:

Münger, Stefan

Subjects:

900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)

ISBN:

978-3-7278-1791-5

Series:

Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis

Publisher:

Academic Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stefan Münger

Date Deposited:

03 May 2018 10:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.111815

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/111815

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