Bread, Wine, Walls and Scrolls

By: Magen Broshi, Lester L. Grabbe (Editor)

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Hardcover | 30 November 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Essays by the veteran archaeologist Magen Broshi covering various aspects of both the material and spiritual life of ancient Palestine in the biblical and post-biblical periods. This volume of essays by Magen Broshi, formerly Curator of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem and a veteran archaeologist, covers various aspects of both the material and spiritual life of ancient Palestine in the biblical and post-biblical period. Among the topics addressed in this entertaining and illuminating book are wine and food consumption, studies of population, the ancient city of Jerusalem, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the use and abuse of archaeology in historical and biblical research. This volume is designed for scholars and for any non-specialists with a keen interest in ancient life in the Holy Land.

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"Both scholars and non-specialists will find this book of interest. The strengths of this collection are its readable non-technical style, diversity of timely topics....a fascinating collection of articles and a fitting tribute to a fine scholar."
Ann E. Killebrew, Religious Studies Review, January 2003

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Preface	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 10
Archaeology and History
Religion, Ideology and Politics and their Impact on Palestinian Archaeology	p. 14
Troy and Jericho	p. 39
How to Recognize a Jew	p. 46
Archaeological Museums in Israel: Reflections on Problems of National Identity	p. 52
Fire, Soil and Water: The Settlement of the Hilly Regions of Palestine in the Early Iron Age	p. 60
The Credibility of Josephus	p. 71
Demography and Daily Life
The Population of Iron Age Palestine	p. 80
Methodology of Population Estimates: The Roman-Byzantine Period as a Case Study	p. 86
The Population of Western Palestine in the Roman-Byzantine Period	p. 93
Estimating the Population of Ancient Jerusalem	p. 110
The Diet of Palestine in the Roman Period: Introductory Notes	p. 121
Wine in Ancient Palestine: Introductory Notes	p. 144
Jerusalem
The Expansion of Jerusalem in the Reigns of Hezekiah and Manasseh	p. 174
Jerusalem, the City of David, and the Other Capitals of the Land of Israel	p. 181
The Role of the Temple in the Herodian Economy	p. 188
Dead Sea Scrolls
The Archaeology of Qumran: A Reconsideration	p. 198
Anti-Qumranic Polemics in the Talmud	p. 211
Visionary Architecture and Town Planning in the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 223
Predestination in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 238
Matrimony and Poverty: Jesus and the Essenes	p. 252
Was Qumran, Indeed, a Monastery? The Consensus and its Challengers: An Archaeologist's View	p. 259
Hatred - An Essene Religious Principle and its Christian Consequences	p. 274
A Day in the Life of Hananiah Nothos: A Story	p. 284
Select Bibliography 1968-2000	p. 296
Index of References	p. 301
Index of Modern Authors	p. 307
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