Religion
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Ancient Jewish Magic: A History [Paperback]
Gideon Bohak (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9780521180986
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Jewish magic has, despite relatively abundant source material, been a neglected subject, with many scholars asserting that it is a contradiction in terms. Gideon Bohak's weighty survey is thus to be welcomed, although even here the coverage is ... .... Learn More -
Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel and the Rise of Monotheism [Hardback]
Jan Assmann (Author)
£51.50ISBN: 9780299225506
Published by : University of Wisconsin Press
Jan Assmann made a name for himself outside of the world of academic Egpytology with his 1997 work Moses the Egyptian , and here ten years later he revisits that book, refining its arguments and responding to criticism. As well as examining the... .... Learn More -
Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel and the Rise of Monotheism [Paperback]
Jan Assmann (Author)
£22.95ISBN: 9780299225544
Published by : University of Wisconsin Press
Jan Assmann made a name for himself outside of the world of academic Egpytology with his 1997 work Moses the Egyptian , and here ten years later he revisits that book, refining its arguments and responding to criticism. As well as examining the... .... Learn More -
Memories of Ancient Israel: An Introduction to Biblical History [Paperback]
Philip R. Davies (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780664232887
Published by : Westminster John Knox Press
An accessible introduction to the recent archaeology of biblical age Israel, and to the debates that currently rage about the historicity of the Bible. Philip Davies provides an overview of how the sources at our disposal - archaeology, epigrap... .... Learn More -
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State [Paperback]
Hanan Eshel (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780802862853
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
This book attempts to tease from the notoriously elusive Dead Sea Scrolls historical information on the Hasmonean Kingdom, itself covered only sparsely and unreliably in the extant historical sources. Eshel, who has written extensively on the ... .... Learn More -
What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? [Paperback]
Nathan MacDonald (Author)
£8.99ISBN: 9780802862983
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
Drawing together and analysing material from a wide range of sources- archaeological, biblical, anthropological and environmental - Nathan MacDonald assesses the diet of ancient Israelites, what they ate, and levels of consumption and nutrition... .... Learn More -
Lost Treasures of the Bible [Paperback]
Clyde E. Fant (Author);Mitchell G. Reddish (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780802828811
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
This book describes and analyses over one hundred artefacts on display in museums around the world, linking them into a roughly chronological overview of Ancient Near Eastern history. The book is clearly aimed at those who have arrived at an in... .... Learn More -
Critical Issues in Early Israelite History [Hardback]
Richard S. Hess (Author);Gerald A. Klingbeil (Author);Paul D. Ray (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781575068046
Published by : Eisenbrauns
This collection of essays reassess the perennial knotty question of the origin of the Israelites, and the usefulness of the Bible as a source for those origins. The authors are united in the positive stance they take towards the Bible, using B... .... Learn More -
Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces at Jericho, Volume 4 [Hardback]
Silvia Rozenberg (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9789652210715
Published by : Israel Exploration Society
This report publishes material from the extensive excavations at Herod's Third Palace at Jericho which took place between 1973 and 1987. It focuses on the large quantity of decorative remains from the palace - wall paintings, plaster mouldings,... .... Learn More -
Mapping Jordan through Two Millennia [Hardback]
John Bartlett (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £24.00
ISBN: 9781905981403
Published by : Maney Publishing
Series: Palestine Exploration Fund Annuals
Volume: 10
This book shows how travellers and scholars since Roman times have put together their maps of the land east of the River Jordan. It traces the contribution of Roman armies and early Christian pilgrims and medieval European travellers, Crusading ar... .... Learn More