Title Midian, Moab, and Edom : the history and archaeology of late Bronze and Iron Age Jordan and north-west Arabia / edited by John F.A. Sawyer and David J.A. Clines

Published Sheffield : JSOT Press, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 0309-0787 ; 24 Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 24. Contents Preface; SITES AND SURVEYS; "Excavations at Buseirah (Biblical Bozrah)"; "The Late Bronze and Iron Age Sites of the Wadi el Hasa Survey 1979"; "Social-Religious Distinctions in Iron Age Burial Practice in Jordan"; POTTERY; "Painted Pottery of Tayma and Problems of Cultural Chronology in Northwest Arabia"; "The Edomite Pottery"; "The Midianite Pottery"; METALLURGY; "A Laboratory Reconstruction of Late Bronze -- Early Iron Age Copper Smelting in the Arabah"; "The meaning of barzel in the Biblical expressions 'Chariots of Iron', 'Yoke of Iron', etc."; SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY Summary Specialists from different fields converge on one relatively circumscribed and, until recently, largely neglected area of biblical archaeology. The eleven papers comprise archaeological reports from Buseira (Biblical Bozrah) and Wadi el Hasa in Moab, technical studies of Midianite and Edomite pottery, Iron Age burial practices and copper smelting in the Arabah, a semantic study of barzel ('iron') in Biblical Hebrew, and three essays of more general interest, on the history of the Ishmaelites and the Midianites Analysis East Jordan Antiquities, B.C.1500-B.C.500. Archaeological investigation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Bible. A.T. -- Antiquités. ram Subject Bronze age -- Arabian Peninsula -- Congresses Iron age -- Jordan -- Congresses Iron age -- Arabian Peninsula -- Congresses Bronze age -- Jordan. Iron age -- Jordan HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. Antiquities Bronze age Iron age Opgravingen. SUBJECT Jordan -- Antiquities -- Congresses Arabian Peninsula -- Antiquities -- Congresses Jordan -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070696 Subject Arabian Peninsula Jordan Moab Midian Edomiter. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Sawyer, John F. A. Clines, David J. A. ISBN 9780567174451 056717445X

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