About the Author:
Avraham Negev is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University. Dr. Negev has directed numerous archaeological digs, including expeditions to Oboda, Caesarea, the Roman theater of Beth-Shean, Memphis, Elusa, and Susiya. A prolific writer, he is the author of scholarly and popular books and articles published in Hebrew and English, including Cities of the Desert, Caesarea, Archaeology in the Land of the Bible, Masters of the Desert, An Introduction to the Archaeology of Palestine, and New Avenues in Nabatean Archaeology.Shimon Gibson is a field archaeologist working in Israel and Palestine. During the past 20 years, Dr. Gibson has conducted numerous excavations and field surveys including work at Sataf, Dor, Tel el-Ful, and Modi'in. He is currently in charge of excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Editor since 1987 of the Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, he is the author of more than one hundred articles and two monographs on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Review:
"It is a good book, compiling a huge amount of information on a great variety of topics and reflecting excellently the main topics with which archaeologists, Biblical scholars, and students are concerened in the past few decades."
—Rami Arav, Review of Biblical Literature, January 2002
"The spate of recent archaeological activity and research in lands sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam requires a revised edition of volumes like this ever decade or so. A necessary addition to every home and library in all countries, so all may learn the rich heritage of the three major religions that held this are sacred."
—Choice, November 2001
"Shimon Gibson deserves thanks for giving this work a new lease of life; it provides the basic information which those most interested in the sites or subjects will need." —The Expository Times
"This work is a definitive, one volume archeological encyclopedia of the Holy Land that is a must acquisition of anyone interested in biblical study... This work can serve as a ready reference and commentary for biblical study."—Ashland Theological Journal 34 (2002)
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