Exploring the Holy Land : 150 years of the Palestine Exploration Fund
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Exploring the Holy Land : 150 years of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Equinox, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) is the oldest exploration society of the Levant which is active today. Since its founding meeting in 1865 in Westminster Abbey of London, the PEF scholars have conducted systematic exploration of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Prominent archaeologists such as C.W. Wilson, C. Warren, C. Schick, C. Conder, W.M.F Petrie, H. Kitchener, and R.A.S Macalister, were sent to dig the Holy Land on behalf of the PEF. A remarkable enterprise carried out by the PEF, in cooperation with the Royal Engineers, was the first precise scientific survey of the region - The Survey of the Western Palestine - which yielded the pioneering high-quality detailed maps of the Holy Land. Marking the 150 years since the PEF emerged, the studies collected in this volume provide a retrospective on the endeavours in the light of the findings of the contemporary archaeological research.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Marking 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund
David Gurevich and Anat Kidron
The PEF and the Holy Land
1. George Grove and the Establishment of the Palestine Exploration Fund
David M. Jacobson (University College London)
2. The Role of the PEF in Setting up the Architectural Draughtsmanship Tradition in Levantine Archaeology
Sveta Matskevich (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Discovering Ancient Jerusalem
3. The Evaluation of F.J. Bliss and A. Dickie's Work in Jerusalem in the Light of Recent Excavations
Ronny Reich (University of Haifa)
4. Reconstruction of a Crusader Opus Sectile Floor in the Dome of the Rock Based on Picturesque Palestine Illustrations and Finds from the Temple Mount Sifting Project
Frankie Snyder, Gabriel Barkay (Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation) and Zachi Dvira (Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation)
5. J.W. Crowfoot and G.M. Fitzgerald as Pioneers in the Archaeological Research of Aelia Capitolina
Yana Tchekhanovets and Doron Ben-Ami (both at Israel Antiquities Authority)
Sites and Excavations
6. From Lebonah to Libnah: Historical Geographical Details from the PEF and other Early Secondary Sources on the Toponymy of Two Homonymous Sites
Chris McKinny (Texas A&M University Corpus Christi ) and Aharon Tavger (Ariel University)
7. Job (Ayyub), Husayn and Saladin in Late Ottoman Palestine: Religious Life and Local History in the Memoirs of Nu'man al-Qasatli, the Arab Scribe of the Survey of Western Palestine, and Beyond
Daniella Talmon-Heller (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
8. "The Limits of The Ancient City": The Fortifications of Tell Es-Safi/Gath 115 Years after Bliss and Macalister
Eric L. Welch (University of Kansas), Jeffrey R. Chadwick (Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center), Itzhaq Shai (Ariel University), Jill Katz (Yeshiva University), Haskel J. Greenfield (University of Manitoba and St. Paul's College), Amit Dagan (Bar-Ilan University) and Aren M. Maeir (Bar-Ilan University)
9. R.A.S. Macalister and His Excavations at Tel Gezer: Some Critical Comments
Samuel R. Wolff (W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research)
Surveys
10. From Palmer to GIS: Two Survey Methods on Trial in the Negev Desert
Moti Haiman (Israel Antiquities Authority)
11. Roman Roads in the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey
Chaim Ben David (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee)
12. The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon During the Late Ottoman Period
Roy Marom (University of Haifa)
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