Excavations In Palestine Research Articles

A century of biblical archaeology

This historical survey of the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies in the archaeological excavations in Palestine at Tell el-Hesi from 1840 to 1990 concentrates on the work of major excavators and scholars. It is a panoramic overview of the methods and theories that served to illuminate the archaeology of the Holy Land, beginning with and introductory chapter that covers the early pioneering years before the work of Pitt Rivers and Petrie.

Sir Charles Marston

SIR CHARLES MARSTON died at Bournemouth on May 21 at the age of seventy-nine. Sir Charles, who had for long been the head of extensive business interests connected especially with the motor industry, was a liberal supporter of archæological excavation in Egypt and the Middle East. He was also, himself, responsible for two important expeditions for archæological excavation in Palestine. Of these the first was Prof. John Garstang's excavation on the site of the ancient city of Jericho, which produced much new evidence on the activities of Egypt in Palestine in the days of Amenhotep III. His second expedition was directed to the exploration of the mound of Tell Duweir, identified as the site of the ancient city of Lachish. This expedition he organised and financed, in the first season with some assistance from America, and in its later stages with the co-operation of the late Sir Henry Wellcome. The excavation produced some remarkable results, throwing much new light on Hebrew history and culture from early times to the Assyrian and Babylonian incursions. The expedition was lavishly equipped for complete efficiency. Permanent camps and field laboratories were constructed with a view to the complete excavation of the mound, a task which it was anticipated would take many years. It was tragically interrupted. In January 1938, Mr. J. Starkey, the field-director, was assassinated by Arabs while on his way to Jerusalem, and shortly after the close of the season's operations the camp was wrecked and the equipment looted or destroyed, a total loss of many thousands of pounds.

Excavations in Palestine and Transjordan in 1940

Previous articleNext article No AccessExcavations in Palestine and Transjordan in 1940Nelson GlueckNelson Glueck Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 45, Number 1January–March 1941 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Views: 1Total views on this site Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/499311 Views: 1Total views on this site Copyright © 1941 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan and Syria during 1938

Previous articleNext article No AccessArchaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan and Syria during 1938Nelson GlueckNelson Glueck Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 43, Number 1January–March 1939 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/499141 Copyright © 1939 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Archaelogical Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria during 1937

Archaelogical Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria during 1937

Chair in Biblical Archæology: an Appeal

AN appeal for funds to endow a chair in biblical archaeology in connexion with the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London, has been issued over the signatures of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir Frederic Kenyon, Sir George Hill and Sir Charles Peers, should meet with a ready and liberal response, especially as the generous gift by Sir Charles Marston of £1,000 has already reduced substantially the amount which it is considered necessary to provide. Palestine demands of the field worker a widely extended and detailed knowledge of the general cultural and historical background, owing to its geographical position and its political, economic, and cultural relations with contemporary peoples. The institution of a chair in biblical archaeology, by making provision for that preliminary training in acquisition and manipulation of the historical and cultural facts of the Ancient World, should go far towards conserving the time and energy of senior members of an expedition, which must be devoted to the training and supervision of the younger workers in the field. Not only does the installation of Sir Flinders Petrie's Palestinian collections at the Institute of Archaeology make this an opportune moment to inaugurate such a chair, but also the results which have been achieved by recent excavation in Palestine, as for example at Lachish, Jericho and Gaza, as well as indications of the bearing of Palestinian material on the excavations now being carried out in Syria, all point in the direction of the imminent possibility of important additions to knowledge. This should be an additional stimulus to the British public, who have always looked kindly upon research in Palestine. Contributions may be sent to Mr. E. S. M. Perowne, 7 Great James Street, Bedford Row, W.C.I, or direct to the Westminster Bank, Marylebone Branch, 1 Stratford Place, Oxford Street, W.I, marked “Institute of Archaeology”.

Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria during 1936

Previous articleNext article No AccessArchaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine, Transjordan, and Syria during 1936W. F. Albright and Nelson GlueckW. F. Albright Search for more articles by this author and Nelson Glueck Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 41, Number 1January–March 1937 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/498223 Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright © 1937 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Douglas L. Esse The Collared Pithos at Megiddo: Ceramic Distribution and Ethnicity, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 51, no.22 (Oct 2015): 81–103.https://doi.org/10.1086/373533

News of Excavations in Palestine

News of Excavations in Palestine

Archaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine and Syria, 1935

Previous articleNext article No AccessArchaeological Exploration and Excavation in Palestine and Syria, 1935W. F. AlbrightW. F. Albright Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 40, Number 1January–March 1936 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Views: 2Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/498307 Views: 2Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright © 1936 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Herbert Gordon May Three Hebrew Seals and the Status of Exiled Jehoiakin, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 56, no.22 (Oct 2015): 146–148.https://doi.org/10.1086/370533

Excavations in Palestine by Great Britain and the United States

Excavations in Palestine by Great Britain and the United States

Three Recent Excavations in Palestine

Three Recent Excavations in Palestine

Sir Flinders Petrie’s Excavations in Palestine

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Excavations in Palestine: The New Discoveries At Brth-Shan

Excavations in Palestine: The New Discoveries At Brth-Shan

A CENTURY OF EXCAVATION IN PALESTINE. By Professor R. A. Macalister. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1926. 8vo, pp. 335 and 36 plates. 10s. 6d.

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Recent Excavations in Palestine

Recent Excavations in Palestine

A Century of Excavation in Palestine. By R. A. S. Macalister.

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A Century of Excavation in Palestine

A Century of Excavation in Palestine

Book Review: A Century of Excavation in Palestine

Book Review: A Century of Excavation in Palestine

Recent Excavation and Exploration in Palestine

Since the appearance of Professor David G. Lyon's article entitled “Recent Excavations in Palestine,” which was published in the January number of The Harvard Theological Review, 1908, other ancient Biblical sites have been explored and many noteworthy discoveries have been made. And now that the work of excavation and exploration has been indefinitely arrested by the outbreak of war, it seems especially fitting that what has been accomplished during the past six or seven years should be collected and summarized.

The Early Religion of Palestine

In previous article' on this subject we saw that the worship of the earliest period consisted of the slaughtering of sacrificial animal upon rock-altar from which the blood of the victim ran down into cave underneath, to be received by the deities, originally the dead, who dwelt therein. The principal feature of the service at the Canaanitish high-place was the sacrificial meal of which both deity and worshipers partook. We may be sure that the Israelites practiced different kinds of sacrifice before they entered Palestine, but we are equally certain that they soon took over the characteristically agricultural feasts and sacrifices connected with them, which they found in Canaan. We have no certain traces of worship by means of the burnt-offering among the Canaanites; on the other hand it is probable that the burnt-offering was always looked upon as the most fitting sacrifice to Yahweh. The excavations in Palestine have revealed many traces of another kindof sacrifice common among primitive and fairly advanced peoples, namely, human sacrifice. We have already alluded to the traces of the sacrifice of the first-born at Gezer.2 In II Kings 3:27 we read of the sacrifice of his first-born by Mesha, king of Moab, to Chemosh. Ahaz, Manasseh, and other kings of Judah were accused of the same practice. In cistern at Gezer there was found, together with number of skeletons, the upper half of the body of a young girl who had evidently been sawn asunder. The skulls of two other girls, who had been decapitated, were found at the mouth of the same cistern.3 Other evidences of human sacrifice have been found. We naturally think of the offering of captives after victory. S. A. Cook reminds us that every war was 'holy war.' The horrid rites in honor of the gods who fought for their followers are to be traced in Egypt, Assyria, I Biblical World, May, 191o. 2 Ibid., 300 f. 3 Macalister, Bible Side-Lights, 75 f. 368