William G. Dever is recognized as the doyen of North American archaeologist-historians who work in the field of the ancient Levant. He is best known as the director of excavations at the site of Gezer but has worked at numerous other sites, and his many students have led dozens of other expeditions. He has been editor of the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, was for many years professor in the influential archaeology program at the University of Arizona, and now in retirement continues actively to write and publish. In this volume, 46 of his colleagues and students contribute essays in his honor, reflecting the broad scope of his interests, particularly in terms of the historical implications of archaeology.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Archaeology
The Sad Fate of Statues and the Mutilated Statues of Hazor Amnon Ben-Tor
An Archaeologist on Mars Giorgio Buccellati
Of Pots and Paradigms: Interpreting the Intermediate Bronze Age in Israel/Palestine Shlomo Bunimovitz and Raphael Greenberg
A Decorated Ivory Lid from Tel Miqne-Ekron Trude Dothan
Har Resisim 126: An Ephemeral Early Bronze Age Site Barry M. Gittlen
Gezer Rectified: The Dating of the South Gate Complex James W. Hardin and Joe D. Seger
An Early Iron Age I House with a Cultic Corner at Tall al-ºUmayri, Jordan Larry G. Herr
Aphrodite/Astarte on Horseback Vassos Karageorghis
Planning a Paleolithic Picnic Albert Leonard, Jr.
The Archaic Palace at Ebla: A Royal Building between the Early Bronze Age IVB and Middle Bronze Age I Paolo Matthiae
Tel Beth-Shean and the Fate of Mounds in the Intermediate Bronze Age Amihai Mazar
Early Bronze Age IV Transitions: An Archaeometallurgical Study Suzanne Richard
The Chipped Stone Assemblage from Be’er Resisim in the Negev Highlands: A Preliminary Study Steven A. Rosen, Sorin Hermon, Jacob Vardi, and Yael Abadi
Podium Structures with Lateral Access: Authority Ploys in Royal Architecture in the Iron Age Levant Ilan Sharon and Anabel Zarzecki-Peleg
Chariot Fittings from Philistine Askhelon Lawrence E. Stager
Goddesses and Cults at Tel Dor Ephraim Stern
Cypriot Anthropomorphic Figurines of a Certain Type Stuart Swiny
Part 2: Bible and Ancient Israel
Women and the Worship of Yahweh in Ancient Israel Susan Ackerman
Purity Strategies and Political Interests in the Policy of Nehemiah Rainer Albertz
Proto-Globalization and Proto-Secularization in Ancient Israel Norman K. Gottwald
The Miraculous Wine of Cana in Its Galilean Ceramic Context Baruch Halpern
The Archaeology of Memory: King Solomon, Chronology, and Biblical Representation Ronald Hendel
Khirbet el-Qôm and Hebrew and Aramaic Epigraphy André Lemaire
The Ecological Consequences of a Siege: A Marginal Note on Deuteronomy 20:19–20 Aren M. Maeir, Oren Ackermann, and Hendrik J. Bruins
Hierarchy or Heterarchy? Archaeology and the Theorizing of Israelite Society Carol Meyers
Israel and Its Neighbors Then and Now: Revisionist History and the Quest for History in the Middle East Today Eric M. Meyers
Ostracon No from Arad Reconsidered Nadav Na’aman
Looking for Bethel: An Exercise in Historical Geography Anson F. Rainey
In Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6–7): Between Text and Archaeology Mark S. Smith
Part 3: Ancient Near East
The Predecessors of the Hyksos Manfred Bietak
“His Seed Is Not”: 13th-Century BCE Israel David Noel Freedman and David Miano
Solomon and Gezer Volkmar Fritz
Hezekiah’s Tribute, Long-Distance Trade, and the Wealth of Nations ca,000–600 BC: A New Perspective John S. Holladay, Jr.
Gezer and Circumcision Philip J. King
Covenant and Blood Rituals: Understanding Exodus 24:3–8 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context Theodore J. Lewis
Trade Relations between Mari and Hazor (State of Research, 2002) Abraham Malamat
Implicit Population Figures and Historical Sense: What Happened to 200,150 Judahites in 701 BCE? Ziony Zevit
Indexes
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
Index of Other Ancient Sources
