Geoarchaeology of Israel

Feldman, Howard R. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1644690179 / ISBN 13: 9781644690178

Published by Touro University Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geoarchaeology of Israel
• Publisher: Touro University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1644690179
• ISBN 13: 9781644690178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This book includes an analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet, which describes renovations made to the First Temple and is considered the only written evidence of its existence. At the same time, a new technique for authenticating artifacts is described: this is especially important in determining the authenticity of artifacts collected from unprovenanced sites. Other subjects treated in the book are: the only known stone oil lamp with שבעת המינים carved onto seven nozzles, which was archaeometrically analyzed to verify its authenticity, and is thought to have been used during the Second Temple Period in rituals that necessitated that laws of purity be followed; and the James Ossuary, displaying the Aramaic inscription Ya'akov bar-Yosef akhui diYeshua (James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus), which, if genuine, might provide archaeological evidence for Jesus of Nazareth and indicate that the ossuary was that of James the Just, the older brother of Jesus.

About the Author

Howard Feldman (PhD Rutgers University) is a professor of biology at Touro College and Research Associate in the Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates) at the American Museum of Natural History.