Contributions

  • Meyers, Carol L. - Contributor
  • Bijovsky, Gabriela. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Published for the American Schools of Oriental Research by Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

117,500 words, Guess

Page Count

470 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781575061627
  • ISBN-101575061627
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009010551
  • OCLC Control Number316233283
  • Better World Books9781575061627
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC933
  • LCCDS110.N216 M49 2009
  • LCCDS110.N216M49 2009

Description

"The site of Nabratein is situated on a remote promontory in an extensive pine forest northeast of Safed. This report is the sixth and final volume of the Meiron Excavation Project. The discovery in 1981 of the pediment of a Holy Ark from the Nabratein synagogue coincided with the release of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. That coincidence brought much unanticipated press coverage to the expedition and its senior staff, even though we insisted that the discovery of perhaps the earliest synagogue ark was not to be identified with the recovery of the biblical Ark of the Covenant. Although the media attention was totally unexpected, we all did our best to respond to the occasion with honesty and a bit of whimsy. Such coverage of the Nabratein excavation resulted in making many more people interested in archaeology, even if it didn t solve a biblical mystery. Now we hope that this full publication of the results of our work at the site will afford it a lasting place in the annals of the archaeology of Israel." -- Publisher's description.

Subjects

Places

IsraelNabratein SiteNabratein Site (Israel)

Series Statement

  • Meiron excavation project -- v. 6

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